Old Pacific House

Monterey County · Monterey State Historic Park · location approximate

Originally built as a hotel between 1835 and 1847 by James McKinley, the building was known as the Pacific House in 1850 when it housed a public tavern. In later years law offices, a newspaper, small stores and a ballroom occupied the premises. In 1880 David Jacks bought the property and in 1954 Miss Margaret Jacks made a gift of the building to the State of California.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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