Colton Hall Museum - Old City Hall, Jail and Schoolhouse - First Capital of California
United States / Monterey, California
Location ID: #10105893
Visit the building where the State of California was born.
Built to serve as a public school and town meeting hall, Colton Hall now offers visitors a re-creation of the meeting room where California's first Constitution was drafted in October 1849 and exhibits on early Monterey. Colton Hall is a landmark in the City of Monterey, once the capital of Alta California. Government building with administrative offices, courtyard, evergreen and deciduous trees.
Location Category:
- CITIES, TOWNS & PUBLIC SPACES - *;
- CITIES, TOWNS & PUBLIC SPACES - Historic Districts;
- CITIES, TOWNS & PUBLIC SPACES - Town Squares & Plazas;
- MUSEUMS - *;
- MUSEUMS - Cultural History;
- NATURAL LANDSCAPES / PARKS - *;
- NATURAL LANDSCAPES / PARKS - City Parks / Community Parks / Private Parks;
- SCHOOLS - *;
- SCHOOLS - Historic Schoolhouses