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| Custom House (1827) when Monterey was capital of Mexican California until American Marines under Commodore Sloat took California in 1846 (on Custom House Plaza). Monterey, CA. On National Register. | Custom House. Monterey, CA. | Custom House with ox cart. Monterey, CA. | Custom House with ox cart. Monterey, CA. |
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| Fountain on Custom House Plaza. Monterey, CA. | Pacific House (1847) now Monterey Museum of the American Indian (on Custom House Plaza). Monterey, CA. | Pacific House details of Monterey-style architecture. Monterey, CA. | Pacific House portal detail. Monterey, CA. |
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| Stevenson House (late 1830s) where author Robert Louis Stevenson lived in 1879 (on Houston St. near Pearl). Monterey, CA. On National Register. | Stevenson House [aka French hotel]. Monterey, CA. | Cooper-Molera Adobe (1831-2) by Captain John Rogers Cooper (Munras & Polk Sts.). Monterey, CA. | Cooper-Molera Adobe front door & shutters. Monterey, CA. |
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| Cooper-Molera Adobe overview. Monterey, CA. | Casa del Oro (1845) served as gold depository & private house (Scott & Olivier Sts.). Monterey, CA. | California's First Theatre (c1840s) by Jack Swan also served as boarding house for sailors (on Pacific at Scott St.). Monterey, CA. | California's First Theatre entrance detail. Monterey, CA. |
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| California's First Theatre entrance & performance wing. Monterey, CA. | Casa Soberanes, built late Mexican period (c1840s) by Don Jose Rafael Estrada (on Soberanes near Pacific St.). Monterey, CA. | Casa Soberanes garden details. Monterey, CA. | Succulent in garden of Casa Soberanes. Monterey, CA. |
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| Casa Don Florencio Serrano, Alcalde of old Monterey (pre 1847) (on Pacific south of Franklin). Monterey, CA. | Underwood-Brown adobe (1843) now city executive offices (on Madison at Pacific Sts.). Monterey, CA. | Porch of Underwood-Brown adobe. Monterey, CA. | Tiburcio Vasquez adobe (on Dutra opposite Colton Hall). Monterey, CA. |
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| Casa Joaquin de la Torre, Alcalde of old Monterey (pre 1847) (on Pierce at Jefferson Sts.). Monterey, CA. | Casa Joaquin de la Torre entrance. Monterey, CA. | Lara-Soto Adobe (pre 1847) (on Pierce north of Jefferson St.). Monterey, CA. | Cactus at Lara-Soto Adobe. Monterey, CA. |
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| Thomas Oliver Larkin Adobe House (1835) served as American Consulate (1844-6) & is prototype of Monterey-style architecture (464 Main St. at Jefferson). Monterey, CA. On National Register. | Adobe house (late 1830s) later used as Quarters by Lieutenant (later Civil War General) William Tecumseh Sherman during occupation of 1847 (on Main beside Larkin House). Monterey, CA. | William T. Sherman Adobe quarters. Monterey, CA. | Casa Joaquin Gutierrez (pre 1847) now Thomas Kinkaix Museum & Cultural Center (on Main at Hartwell). Monterey, CA. |
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| Dr. James Stokes adobe (c late 1840s) (Hartwell & Main Sts.). Monterey, CA. | Front door of Stokes adobe. Monterey, CA. | Gabriel de la Torre adobe (pre 1847), thought to be the first U.S. Federal Court in Monterey (on Polk at Hartwell). Monterey, CA. | Torre adobe full view. Monterey, CA. |
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| Don Jose Amesti house (c1850) (on Polk near Hartwell). Monterey, CA. | Casa Amesti with sculpted trees. Monterey, CA. | Don Juan Bautista Alvarado house, Mexican Governor of California (1836-42) (Dutra & Jefferson Sts.). Monterey, CA. | Casa Dona Maria Ignacia Sanchez (pre 1847) (on Alvarado St.). Monterey, CA. |
