El Cuartel was built by Don Jose Abrego, Monterey Circa 1885 is a photograph by Monterey County Historical Society which was uploaded on July 15th, 2018.
El Cuartel was built by Don Jose Abrego, Monterey Circa 1885
El Cuartel was built by Don Jose Abrego in the early 1840’s and an elongated two‐story adobe,for the Mexican government as soldiers’ barracks.... more
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El Cuartel was built by Don Jose Abrego, Monterey Circa 1885
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El Cuartel was built by Don Jose Abrego in the early 1840’s and an elongated two‐story adobe,for the Mexican government as soldiers’ barracks. It was on California Street (now Munras Avenue.
It was American headquarters after the 1846 occupation of Monterey. Here, too, the first issues of the first newspaper were printed in California. When demolished in 1910, El Cuartel’s adobe bricks were used to fill in portions of Hartnell Gulch in the late 1880’s.
Jane Bushton Allen first wooden frame house at Munras & Webster Streets in Monterey, can be seen at the end of the street.
CV # 72-008-0023 6.5x8.5 Glass neg.
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