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HB87525
Historic American Buildings Survey Re-photo Of 1919 Photograph September 1958 Garden Elevation
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HB87526
Historic American Buildings Survey Robert W
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HB87527
Historic American Buildings Survey John H
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HB87528
Historic American Buildings Survey John H
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HB87529
Historic American Buildings Survey Re-photo Of 1919 Photograph September 1958 Adobe Oven In South Garden
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HB87530
Historic American Buildings Survey John H
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HB87531
Historic American Buildings Survey John H
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Item Title
Location516 Polk Street,
Monterey, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-143
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-77).
Building/structure dates:
1834 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1919 subsequent work
Significance: While no specific events of history are connected with the Amesti adobe, the building as it stands is a significant monument recording a typical Monterey two-story town house of the Mexican capitol of Alta California and of the transitional period of the development of the town into an American community. / Typical Monterey house. Willed to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1953.
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey Re-photo of 1919 Photograph September 1958 GARDEN ELEVATION
2. Historic American Buildings Survey Robert W. Kerrigan, Photographer May 1936 STREET ELEVATION
3. Historic American Buildings Survey John H. Livingstone, Photographer September 1958 DETAIL OF ENTRANCE
4. Historic American Buildings Survey John H. Livingstone, Photographer September 1958 GARDEN ELEVATION
5. Historic American Buildings Survey Re-photo of 1919 Photograph September 1958 ADOBE OVEN IN SOUTH GARDEN
6. Historic American Buildings Survey John H. Livingstone, Photographer September 1958 ENTRANCE HALL AND STAIR
7. Historic American Buildings Survey John H. Livingstone, Photographer September 1958 INTERIOR VIEW - PRINCIPAL ROOM
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