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Start your walk across the street
from the Chamber:
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Forest & Central Dedicated in 1932 and deemed one
of the best of its size in the nation, the Museum features local
wildlife, plants, geology, and Native American cultural artifacts. |
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116 Fountain Avenue
The barn-like house where
these fossils are displayed
was built around 1910.
Paris Kilburn house
during wisteria season. |
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Continue on Central;
turn left at Fountain:
100 BLOCK
OF FOUNTAIN AVE.
(below Central)
An early residential
street in the Retreat, this block retains many of its original
structures. These include: 138 & 138½ - Mrs. Myretta
Steiner House - built in 1892 for A.J. Steiner (who owned a grocery
store at Lighthouse & Forest in the 1880s & 90s), this
house displays both Queen Anne and Stick details. The smaller
house, originally detached, may have been a storage shed or servants
quarters.
122 -124 - Paris Kilburn House - Built in 1889, this unusual
boat-like house features an eclectic array of detail work.
116 - Original owner unknown - This 2-story barn-like house was
built around 1910, and is an unusual design in the City. It features
a gambrel roof, shed dormers, and a variety of paned windows.
There is now an impressive fossil display, visible from street
level, in the house. |
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At the foot of
Fountain is:
SEVEN GABLES
555 Ocean View Blvd.
Built in 1886.
First owner Jane Page came from Salem, MA & named her home
after Hawthornes novel. Mrs. Page and later owner Lucy
Chase were civic leaders involved with the Museum. Seven Gables
is now an elegant bed & breakfast inn. |
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Next door is:
GRAND
VIEW INN
105 Grand Ave.
Once called Roserox, this house was built in 1910
for Dr.
Julia B. Platt,
a pioneer neurobiologist and the towns first woman mayor.
Now an elegant inn, the house boasts a commanding view of Lovers
Point. |
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On Ocean View,
walk one block to 15th; turn right:
MRS. L.H.
CODDINGTONS HOUSE
109 15th St.
Built in 1888, this is
a pretty example of
early P.G. camp meeting style. The facades decorative frieze
is especially pleasing. In 1993, the cottages careful restoration
earned a Heritage House Award. |
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Continue up to
Central; turn left; go two blocks to:
ST.
MARYS BY-THE-SEA
12th & Central
P.G.s first
formal church, copied in 1887 from a gothic church in Bath, England.
Cyrus McCormick (the inventors nephew) donated two Tiffany
windows in memory of his wife, whom he married here in 1889. |
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Walk up 12th
to Lighthouse; turn right to Fountain:
STOREFRONTS
541- 553 Lighthouse
These detailed pre-1900 commercial store-fronts include 549 &
551 (built in 1888; the Groves first pharmacy, operated
by pharmacist/photographer
C.K. Tuttle)
and 553 (originally a tobacco store).
At left,
detail of what is now Victorian Corner Restaurant on Lighthouse
Avenue. |
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Continue along
Lighthouse to Forest:
BRATTY REAL
ESTATE
574 Lighthouse
Built in 1904 by Watsonville architect W.H. Weeks, this was originally
the Bank of Pacific Grove. It features simulated stone block
siding, and is the only example of Romanesque revival style on
the Peninsula. |
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Turn left at
Forest; go up to Laurel;
turn right to 17th:
KETCHUMS BARN
Laurel & 17th
Built in 1891 by
H.C. Ketchum, animals were kept on the ground floor and hay &
other provisions stored in the loft. This square board-and-batten
barn is now the home of the P.G. Heritage Society. |
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Across 17th and
Laurel is:
OLD 17TH
STREET
Above Lighthouse Avenue
Most of the cottages on this block were built in the 1880s; a
few were built around 1900. Most of these cottages have been
converted for commercial uses, yet the street retains its charming
flavor.
Pictured
to the left is Wildberry's, a cafe situated in a Victorian cottage
on 17th Street. |
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Follow Laurel
to 18th; turn right and go to Lighthouse Avenue
GOSBY HOUSE
643 Lighthouse Ave.
In 1888, J.S. Gosbey, owner of P.G.s first shoe store,
opened his home to summer boarders. To house more guests, he
added to the Queen Anne building several times, resulting in
the inns irregular plan. |
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Next door is:
HART MANSION
649 Lighthouse Avenue
This Queen Anne structure has not changed significantly since
it was built in 1894 by Dr. Andrew J. Hart. The first floor was
used for his medical practice, and the 2nd & 3rd floors for
his residence. |
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Continue 1 block
on Lighthouse to 16th:
WINSTON HOTEL
16th & Lighthouse Avenue
Built in 1904 by B.C. Winston, a showman who brought buffalo
and trained sea lions to P.G. The hotel boasted rooms on the
2nd and 3rd floors and a restaurant & shops on the ground
floor. |
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Turn left down
16th:
ELMARIE H.
DYKE OPEN SPACE
16th below Lighthouse Avenue
Dedicated to the
woman affectionately dubbed Mrs. Pacific Grove. Educator,
civic leader & radio personality, her efforts ensured that
P.G. remained (until 1969) the last dry town in California. |
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Next door, at
the corner of Central, is:
CHAUTAUQUA
HALL
16th & Central Avenue
Since 1881, this has been a vital part of the community, serving
as storage space for the Retreats tents, church, school,
gym, youth center, and meeting place. In 1970, it became California
Landmark #839. |
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Across Central
Avenue is:
CENTRELLA
HOTEL
612 Central Avenue
Built in 1889 to house Chautauqua-goers, the building originally
faced 17th St. 1892 saw the addition of the square corner towers
and porch. Painstaking restoration transformed it into an award-winning
inn. |
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Beighle houses
at 152
and 154 16th Street
137 - Mrs. Caroline Thorton House |
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Continue down
16th:
100 BLOCK
OF 16TH ST.
Below Central Avenue
Several tiny tent cottages line this street. 152 &
154 - Mrs. Eliza Beighle houses, built in 1901 & 1892.
137 - Mrs. Caroline Thorton House - This delightful 1½-story
Carpenter Gothic cottage was built in 1883. Its lower level has
horizontal siding, while the upper portion has vertical siding.
122 - J. Kirk House - This Heritage House Award winner was built
in 1891. It features decorative shingles in the gables, and the
segmented windows still have the original colored-glass panels.
118 - P.B. Chandler House - was built almost entirely of redwood
by the Pacific Improvement Co. in 1890, One of the first year-round
houses built in the Retreat, it features balloon framing,
which is very earthquake resistant. |
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112 - W.H. Stephens
House
has been painted fanciful
colors by its current resident.
Another house on the 100
block of Forest. |
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Turn right
on Ocean View; turn right on Forest:
100 BLOCK
OF FOREST AVENUE
Below Central
An important residential street in the early Retreat grounds,
it is lined with a variety of Victorian-era styles.
112 - W.H. Stephens House
was built in 1892, and is quite elaborate, featuring stained-glass
windows, gables, fish-scale shingles, and decorative bargeboard.
In contrast, 119 - Mary
Wilbur House is quite simple in style. Little altered since it
was built in 1885, it features redwood siding & a gabled
roof with sunbursts.
123 - Grove Hall - was
built in 1886 for Dr. Carrie Roe, one of the towns first
physicians. She opened the house as a sanitarium, renting to
& caring for invalids.
132 - Daffodil House -
this gingerbread is a few years old, but replicates the era so
well it was awarded a Heritage Design Award. |
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