Thomas Cole House - Monterey, California
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hotshoe
N 36° 36.150 W 121° 53.640
10S E 598919 N 4051347
Sign for the Cole House, adjacent to the Monterey State Historic Park
Waymark Code: WM5Z89
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2009
Views: 4
Text from the sign:
"Thomas Cole, an English sawyer, built this home for his family in 1856. Used over time as a dwelling [boarding] house, it became headquarters for the local Nationalist Chinese Political Party in the early 1940s."
Now this building, like its next door neighbors - Duarte's and Jos. Boston Store - are owned by the state park. Unlike its neighbors, this home is not currently being used but might be renovated for offices or apartments to be leased out by the state.
More about this building from the website:
"It features an upper-floor balcony that must once have allowed residents to peer over the walls that form the Memory Garden behind Pacific House."
It is this balcony side of the house which is visible to visitors from the public plaza. There are no windows on the lower floor of the balcony side of the home, so it is not possible to peak into the home.
Group that erected the marker: Monterey History and Art Association
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
230 Olivier Street
Monterey, CA USA
93940
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