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The Hotel Del Monte was a large resort hotel in Monterey, California, from its opening in 1880 until 1942. It was one of the finest luxury hotels in North America. [ 1 ] During World War II, it closed and the building was leased to the United States Navy. [ 2 ]
Del Monte (Spanish for "Of The Mountain") is a district of Monterey, California. It was formerly an independent unincorporated community in Monterey County . [ 1 ] It is located in the east part of Monterey, [ 2 ] at an elevation of 16 feet (5 m).
Del Monte Center is the largest shopping center on the Monterey Peninsula and has the only department store in a 22-mile radius. [2] Del Monte Center was designed by architect John Carl Warnecke , built by Williams and Burrows Construction Company and originally opened in 1967 but expanded and renovated in 1987.
Del Monte Forest is located in northwestern Monterey County at 36°35'11" North, 121°56'51" West. [4] It occupies the western half of the Monterey Peninsula and is bordered to the east by the city of Monterey and to the north by the city of Pacific Grove. The city of Carmel-by-the-Sea is to the south. Pebble Beach is in the southern part of ...
17-Mile Drive is a scenic road through Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula in California, much of which hugs the Pacific coastline and passes famous golf courses, mansions and scenic attractions, including the Lone Cypress, Bird Rock and the 5,300-acre (2,100 ha) Del Monte Forest of Monterey Cypress trees.
The locomotive and cars waited overnight at the Pacific Grove terminal to return as train number 77 leaving Monterey at 7:30 AM and reaching San Francisco at 10:30. [3] In 1948, the Del Monte Express fatally struck Ed Ricketts, a friend of John Steinbeck, while he was driving across the railroad tracks at Drake Avenue in Monterey. [1] [4] [5]
Del Monte station around 1891. Upon the construction of the Hotel Del Monte in 1880, designed by architect Arthur Brown Sr., a modest station was erected 0.25 miles (0.40 km) north of the hotel grounds, between the Monterey Bay and Del Monte Avenue. The initial stop in Monterey for travelers journeying by train from San Francisco was the Del ...
St. John's Chapel, Del Monte is a Late Victorian Shingle Style, traditionally cross-shaped, single story, 2,329 square feet (216.4 m 2) building with a 110-foot-high steeple and bell tower. [ 2 ] The chapel was dedicated on June 14, 1891, by Suffragan bishop the Rt. Rev. William Ford Nichols of the Diocese of California.