Location Name - Colton Hall Museum - Old City Hall, Jail and Schoolhouse - First Capital of California
570 Pacific St
Monterey 93940

County: Monterey
Region: *Central
Location ID: 10105893


Website:
https://monterey.gov/city_facilities/museums/discover_museums/colton_hall_museum.php (Website)

Email: [email protected]

 
Categories:
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

Tags/Keywords: Coastal, Anytown USA / Anywhere USA, Balcony / Balconies, Boardrooms / Conference Rooms / Meeting & Event Space, Cobblestones, Staircases - Exterior Staircases

Description:
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.

General Notes:
updated: photo & website 6.20.25 bd

Jurisdictions::
Monterey, MONTEREY COUNTY FILM COMMISSION - FLICS

Within 30-Mile Zone: N

State Property: No

Closed/Vacant: No

GPS Source:
Google Maps (interactive), x coordinate: 36.5976948, y coordinate: -121.8975691

Permit: 2

Building Materials: Brick

Contacts:
Faurot, Karen *
Senior Administrative Analyst, Monterey Police Deptartment
351 Madison Street, Monterey, CA 93940
831.646.3827 Phone 1
831.646.3800 Phone 2
[email protected]
https://filmmonterey.org/permit/individual-city/

Nordstrand, Karen *
Film Commissioner, Monterey County Film Commission
801 Lighthouse Avenue, Suite 104, Monterey, CA 93940 USA
831.646.0910 Phone 1
831.594.9410 Mobile
831.655.9250 Fax
[email protected]
[email protected]
https://filmmonterey.org/contact/

* Key Contact


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