Downtown Monterey

Downtown Monterey is a neighborhood in Monterey County, Central Coast, California. Downtown Monterey is situated near the neighborhood Old Monterey, as well as near the locality Spaghetti Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Old Custom House and Monterey Museum of Art.

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.

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.

Larkin House

Historic building

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The Larkin House is a historic house at 464 Calle Principal in Monterey, California. Built in 1835 by Thomas O. Larkin, it is claimed to be the first two-story house in all of California, with a design combining Spanish Colonial building methods with New England architectural features to create the popular Monterey Colonial style of architecture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monterey and Del Monte.

Monterey

Photo: Daderot, CC0.

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.

Del Monte

Suburb

Del Monte is a district of Monterey, California. It was formerly an independent unincorporated community in Monterey County. It is located in the east part of Monterey, at an elevation of 16 feet.

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.

Downtown Monterey

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Monterey County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.59875° or 36° 35′ 56″ north

Longitude

-121.89013° or 121° 53′ 25″ west

Open location code

848WH4X5+FW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1559829501

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Old Monterey and Spaghetti Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Jacks Park and Monterey Sports Center.

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