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Monterey State Historic Park

Monterey State Historic Park

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Monterey State Historic Park

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Location: Monterey, Monterey County, California, United States

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February 3, 2017

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Probably the oldest building in all of California is here at the customs house, where the first Spanish harbor developed in what was then the undeveloped province of Alta California in the 1770s, a backwater of their Mexico colony.

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November 18, 2023

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The Custom House, built around 1821 by the Mexican government, is California's first historic landmark and oldest public building. It is the site where the first American flag was raised on July 7, 1846, declaring California a part of the United States. It is a National Historic Landmark and a California Historic Landmark.

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November 15, 2017

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As the native Indian population left no lasting structures (they didn't need them in their pre-invasion paradise) Monterey now has the oldest buildings in California, left by the Spanish colonial port

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