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Landmark information
- Location:
Monterey State Historic Park, Custom House Plaza, between Scott and Decatur Sts, Monterey - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
7/10/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
12/22/2022 - GPS Coordinates:
N 36 36.194, W 121 53.619 - Other Designations:
National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Constructed in 1827 by the Mexican government to collect custom duties from foreign shipping, a principal revenue source when Monterey was the capital of Alta California, Mexico's northernmost province. Thomas O. Larkin, US Consul to Alta California, contracted with the Mexican government in 1841 to rebuild and enlarge the Custom House. Commodore John Drake Sloat raised the American flag over this building on July 7, 1846 to signal the passing of California from Mexican to American rule. Restored through the efforts of the Native Sons of the Golden West with the assistance of the people of California.