Presidio of Monterey

The Presidio of Monterey, located in Monterey, California, is an active US Army installation with historic ties to the Spanish colonial era. It is the home of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.

Type: Military installation
Description: military base in Monterey, California
Also known as: “Fort Halleck”, “Fort Mervice”, “Fort Mervine”, “Fort Savannah”, “Fort Stockton”, “Monterey Military Reservation”, “Monterey Ordnance Depot”, “Monterey Presidio”, “Monterey Redoubt”, “Ord Barracks”, and “Presidio of Monterey, California”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Defense Language Institute and Monterey Museum of Art.

Defense Language Institute

Building

The Defense Language Institute is a United States Department of Defense educational and research institution consisting of two separate entities which provide linguistic and cultural instruction to the Department of Defense, other federal agencies and numerous customers around the world. Defense Language Institute is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Presidio of Monterey.

Monterey Museum of Art

Museum

Photo: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Monterey Museum of Art an art museum located in Monterey, California. It was founded in 1959 as a chapter of the American Federation of Arts. The Monterey Museum of Art's mission is to engage the community and celebrate the diversity of California art--past, present, and future, with painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media from the nineteenth century to the present day. Monterey Museum of Art is situated 1 mile southeast of Presidio of Monterey.

Old Custom House

Museum

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The Old Custom House is the oldest surviving government building in California, built in 1827 by Mexican authorities in Monterey, then the capital of Alta California. Old Custom House is situated 1 mile east of Presidio of Monterey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Monterey and Monterey.

New Monterey

Neighborhood

New Monterey is a neighborhood of Monterey, California. Formerly, it was an unincorporated community that was later incorporated in the city of Monterey.

Monterey

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Monterey is a city in the Monterey County area of Monterey Bay in California. Monterey is one of the more beautiful coastal cities of California, and then a historic city can make for a great two-day trip for those visiting San Francisco or a weekend getaway for California natives.