![Custom House when Monterey was capital of Mexican California until American Marines under Commodore Sloat took California in 1846. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY101.JPG) | ![Custom House. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY102.JPG) | ![Custom House with ox cart. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY103.JPG) | ![Custom House with ox cart. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY104.JPG) |
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. |
![Fountain on Custom House Plaza. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY110.JPG) | ![Pacific House now Monterey Museum of the American Indian. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY111.JPG) | ![Pacific House details of Monterey-style architecture. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY112.JPG) | ![Pacific House portal detail. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY113.JPG) |
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. |
![Stevenson House where author Robert Louis Stevenson lived in 1879. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY131.JPG) | ![Stevenson House [aka French hotel]. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY132.JPG) | ![Cooper-Molera Adobe by Captain John Rogers Cooper. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY141.JPG) | ![Cooper-Molera Adobe front door & shutters. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY142.JPG) |
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. |
![Cooper-Molera Adobe overview. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY143.JPG) | ![Casa del Oro served as gold depository & private house. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY281.JPG) | ![California's First Theatre by Jack Swan also served as boarding house for sailors. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY291.JPG) | ![California's First Theatre entrance detail. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY292.JPG) |
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. |
![California's First Theatre entrance & performance wing. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY293.JPG) | ![Casa Soberanes, built late Mexican period by Don Jose Rafael Estrada. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY311.JPG) | ![Casa Soberanes garden details. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY312.JPG) | ![Succulent in garden of Casa Soberanes. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY314.JPG) |
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. |
![Casa Don Florencio Serrano, Alcalde of old Monterey. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY331.JPG) | ![Underwood-Brown adobe now city executive offices. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY351.JPG) | ![Porch of Underwood-Brown adobe. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY352.JPG) | ![Tiburcio Vasquez adobe. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY361.JPG) |
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. |
![Casa Joaquin de la Torre, Alcalde of old Monterey. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY381.JPG) | ![Casa Joaquin de la Torre entrance. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY382.JPG) | ![Lara-Soto Adobe. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY386.JPG) | ![Cactus at Lara-Soto Adobe. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY387.JPG) |
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. |
![Thomas Oliver Larkin Adobe House served as American Consulate & is prototype of Monterey-style architecture. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY391.JPG) | ![Adobe house later used as Quarters by Lieutenant William Tecumseh Sherman during occupation of 1847. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY401.JPG) | ![William T. Sherman Adobe quarters. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY402.JPG) | ![Casa Joaquin Gutierrez now Thomas Kinkaix Museum & Cultural Center. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY421.JPG) |
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. |
![Dr. James Stokes adobe. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY431.JPG) | ![Front door of Stokes adobe. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY432.JPG) | ![Gabriel de la Torre adobe , thought to be the first U.S. Federal Court in Monterey. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY451.JPG) | ![Torre adobe full view. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY452.JPG) |
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. |
![Don Jose Amesti house. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY461.JPG) | ![Casa Amesti with sculpted trees. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY463.JPG) | ![Don Juan Bautista Alvarado house, Mexican Governor of California. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY471.JPG) | ![Casa Dona Maria Ignacia Sanchez. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAY501.JPG) |
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. |