List of historic buildings in Carmel-by-the-Sea

There are two sections listed below: List of Downtown Historic District Buildings in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States, based on the Downtown Conservation District Historic Property Survey, and Other Historic Buildings in Carmel.

DPR stands for Department of Parks and Recreation.

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Green Square Listed as a California Historical Landmark

Downtown Historic District Buildings in Carmel-by-the-Sea

Building name Image Block Architect/builder Style Year constructed Date submitted/Notes
Harrison Memorial Library 72 Bernard Maybeck Spanish Eclectic 1927 November 18, 2002
Percy Parkes Building 76 Percy Parkes Spanish Colonial Revival 1926 Commercial downtown building submitted to the California Register on April 25, 2002.[1]
Oakes Building 75 Thomas W. Morgan Spanish Revival 1922 Commercial downtown building submitted to the California Register on November 5, 2002.[1]
Normandy Inn Ocean Avenue, between Monte Verde St. and Casanova St. Robert A. Stanton French architecture 1925 Architect Robert A. Stanton and Fred Ruhl built his office in downtown Carmel on Monte Verde Street and Ocean Avenue. This building became the Normandy Inn.[2]
La Ribera Hotel 75 Blaine & Olsen Spanish Eclectic 1929 February 13, 2003

Other Historic Buildings in Carmel

Building name Image Street Designer/architect Style Year constructed Date listed/Notes
Stonehouse Eighth Avenue and Monte Verde Street Ben Turner American Craftsman 1906 Stonehouse is a historic American Craftsman-style house built in 1906. In 1923, syndicated cartoonist Gene Byrnes acquired the home, which was converted into an inn in 1946.[3][4]
Leroy Babcock House Camino Real Street and Twelfth Avenue Leroy Babcock American Craftsman 1918 Leroy Babcock House is an American Craftsman-style house built by Leroy Babcock circa 1918 as his own residence.[5]
American Legion Post No. 512 Dolores Street and 8th Avenue Guy O. Koepp 1928 Historic meeting hall at Dolores and 8th street in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The Post 512 clubhouse and its facilities are open to all legionnaires. The Alvin B. Chapin Memorial Hall is used for special events and civic functions. The building was registered with the California Register of Historical Resources on January 28, 2002.
Carmel bathhouse Ocean Avenue at the Carmel beach Delos Goldsmith 1889 Abbie Jane Hunter and Delos Goldsmith built the first community beach and bath house, on a dune, at the end of Ocean Avenue at the Carmel beach, with the help of her son, Wesley Hunter.[6][7]
Ann Nash-Dorothy Bassett House SW Junipero Street and Malta Avenue Nash Craftsman 1921 The Ann Nash-Dorothy Bassett House was built by Ann Nash and Dorothy Bassett in 1921.[8][9][2]: p20 
Ross E. Bonham House SW corner of San Carlos Street and 12 Avenue Georege Whitcomb Tudor-style 1926 The Ross E. Bonham Tudor-style house was designed by George Whitcomb for Ross E. Bonham.[2]: p82 
Eric Berne House Carpenter Street Bromfield Victorian 1888 Eric Berne lived in a four-bedroom, three bath Victorian house on the eastern side of Carpenter Street, in the second house located south from 2nd Avenue. The house dates back to 1888, originally built for surveyor Davenport Bromfield while he mapped the streets of Carmel City. It is one of the oldest structures in town.[9]
Carmel Mission 3080 Rio Road Franciscan missionaries Spanish Colonial architecture 1770 October 15, 1966 (#66000214)
Carmel Art Association Dolores Street between 5th & 6th Ave. Clay Otto 1927
Mrs. J.S. Cone House (Bark House) Northwest corner of Monte Verde Street and 13th Avenue Lee Gottfried Rustic bungalow 1922 The Mrs. J.S. Cone House (Bark House) in on northwest corner of Monte Verde Street and 13th Avenue.[2]
Jack Calvin Cottage West Mission Street 6 S. Vista and 1st Avenues Jack Calvin 1920s The Jack Calvin Cottage was built by Jack Calvin who was a scholar, writer, and friend of John Steinbeck, Francis Whitaker, Ed Ricketts, and other Bohemians. In 1930, Ricketts met Steinbeck at a party in Jack Calvin's house in Carmel on the west side of Mission Street. Marion Karr was the second owner.[10][8]
Zanetta Catlett Cottage West side of Dolores and 3rd Avenue Hazel Waltrous Storybook-style 1924 In 1925, actor and comedian Walter Catlett was residing in New York City, where Walter was an actor and Zanetta kept house. By 1930, Walter and Zanetta had separated, and Zanetta was residing at their Storybook-style house in Carmel with her 15-year-old son, Richard "Dick."[8]
Violet Campbell House or Alice MacGowan House on 2E of Lincoln s/side 13th Ave. (1927)[1] South side of 13th Avenue and east of Lincoln Street Samuel J. Miller
Lee Gottfried
Charles Summer Green 		Vernacular 1927 The residence was created from a 1916 buggy shed. The interior Great Room was designed in 1926 by Charles Summer Green and built by Samuel J. Miller and Lee Gottfried.[1]
Grace MacGowan Cooke House 13th Avenue and San Antonio Avenue Eugenia Maybury Tudor-style 1908 In 1908, the sisters Alice MacGowan and Grace MacGowan Cooke moved into a large, Tudor-style two-story house on 13th Avenue, the second house northeast of San Antonio Avenue, built in 1905 by architect Eugenia Maybury, one of Carmel's first female architects.[2]
Santiago Duckworth House Carpenter Street southwest of 2nd Avenue Delos Goldsmith Vernacular 1888 In 1888, Carpenter Delos Goldsmith built Duckworth a one-story Vernacular-style side-gabled redwood residence, now known as the Santiago Duckworth House. The house is located on Carpenter Street southwest of 2nd Avenue. It was one of the first homes constructed in Carmel City.[11]
Carl Cherry Center for the Arts Northwest corner of 4th Avenue and Guadalupe Street Delos Goldsmith Queen Anne style 1894 The Augusta Robertson House is a historic one-and-one-half story wood-framed Queen Anne style residence, located on the northwest corner of 4th Avenue and Guadalupe Street in Carmel-by-the-Sea. It is now the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts.[12]
Door House 24814 Pescadcro Road John Columbus Stevenson Vernacular 1906 House made of four-paneled solid-wood Victorian doors with a cedar-shignled hip roof. It was saved from demolition by the Carmel Preservation Foundation and designated historical on June 28, 1995.[13]: p32 
Donald Hale House S. Dolores and 2nd Avenue Lee Gottfried Arts and Crafts style 1923 The Donald Hale House on S. Dolores and 2nd Avenue, was built by Lee Gottfried in 1923.[13]: p54 [8]
First Murphy House Lincoln Street and Sixth Avenue Michael J. Murphy American Craftsman 1902 July 1, 2002
Alfred P. Fraser House Northwest corner of Camino Real and Ocean Avenue Unknown Craftsman 1913 The Craftsman-style house was the home of Carmel's first mayor, Alfred P. Fraser, who served from 1916 to 1920.[2]: p9 
Forge in the Forest 24814 Pescadcro Road 1926 The lot of Forge in the Forest was purchased in November 1923 by Edna M. Sheridan from the Del Monte Properties Co. for $10. John C. Catlin had a small forge in the garage of his home (not the restaurant on Junipero Street & 5th Ave). Fred Neslson and Karyl Hall bought the house in 1990. They added an addition to the house.[13]: p98 
Amelia L. Gates Cottage 3 Camino Real and 8th Avenue Vernacular 1922 The Dr. Amelia Gates retired in Carmel in 1922. She replaced an early cabin on Camino Real with a one-story vernacular style cottage of her own design, now called the Dr. Amelia Gates Cottage. Her cottage is a historic building located at 3 Camino Real in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The cottage was built in 1922 and was originally owned by Dr. Amelia Gates, who was one of the first female physicians in California.[14][1]
Arnold Genthe House and Studio Camino Real and 11th Avenue Arnold Genthe Craftsman 1906 Arnold Genthe designed the plans for his large Craftsman-style cottage at Camino Real between 10th and 11th Avenues.[13]: p34 
Charles Sumner Greene Studio Lincoln Street south of 13th Avenue Charles Greene American Craftsman 1923 Charles Sumner Greene built a Craftsman style home and studio from used brick he acquired from El Carmelo hotel in Pacific Grove. The exterior walls of the studio are set in Flemish cross bond with stylized interior carvings.[15][13]: p206-207 
Golden Bough Theater Monte Verde Street James Pruitt Theater 1951
Hansel Cottage Torres Street and 6th Ave. Hugh W. Comstock Storybook architecture 1924 Hugh W. Comstock and his wife designed and built, a 244 ft (74 m) "Fairy Tale" style cottage called "Hansel" on Torres Street near sixth Avenue in 1924.[13]: p88 
Johan Hagemeyer House NW of Torres St. and Mountain View Ave. Hazel Watrous (designer), George Whitcomb (builder) English Cottage 1923 The Johan Hagemeyer studio and home, was George Whitcomb's first project, now the Forest Lodge on Mountain View Avenue.[1][16]
Abbie Jane Hunter House Northeast corner of 4th Avenue and Guadalupe Street Delos Goldsmith Queen Anne style 1894 The Abbie Jane Hunter House is a historic one-and-one-half story wood-framed Queen Anne style residence, located on the northeast corner of 4th Avenue and Guadalupe Street in Carmel-by-the-Sea.[12]
Bliss-Hubbell House Dolores Street NE of 12 Avenue Georege Whitcomb and Miles Bain Vernacular 1928 In 1928, George Whitcomb and Miles Bain designed and constructed the Bliss-Hubbell House on Dolores Street as a vernacular house for two retired schoolteachers. The house features a granite stone veneer.[9][2]: p87 
Hasenyager House (Eliza Palache House) 2 SW of 13th Avenue on west side of Carmelo Street M.J. Murphy French Eclectic-style 1931 M.J. Murphy built this two-story French Eclectic-style house in 1931. It was constructed for Eliza Palache and was restored in 1987, by the current owners Edward and Frances Hasenyager.[13]: p122-127  The house was recorded by Kent L. Seavey on November 21, 2001 for inclusion with the Carmel Inventory of Historic Resources.[1]
Hildreth Hare Cottage E. Dolores and 4th Ave. Hazel Watrous 1926 The Hildreth Hare Cottage designed by Hazel Watrous and built in 1926 for Hildreth Masten Hare. She was active in the Forest Theater and the Golden Bough. The cottage is located on E. Dolores and 4th Avenue.[8]
Leetes Island West Santa Fe Street and 8th Avenue Percy Parkes 1930 Early Carmel cottage built in 1930 by Percy Parkes. Today it has a facade of redwood shingles and metal casement windows.[13]: p116-121 
D. W. Johnson House NE corner of Casanova Street and 7th Avenue Michael J. Murphy Colonial Revival 1903 The D.W. Johnson House is a Colonial Revival-style house with a gambrel roof NE corner of Casanova Street and 7th Avenue. It was remodeled by Michael J. Murphy in 1925 for Dewitt Wallace Johnson. He and his mother built the Hotel Carmel in 1895, and he was Carmel's first police and fire commissioner.[9][1][2]: p45 
David Starr Jordan House At the corner of Camino Real and 7th Avenue (architecture) 1908 David Starr Jordan, the first president of Stanford University, built a house at the northeast corner of Camino Real and 7th Avenue. His house and Dr. Vernon Kellogg's house are two of the few remaining homes of Carmel's "Professor's Row."[17]
Vernon Kellogg House Camino Real 3 SE of 7th Avenue Unknown Craftsman 1906 Dr. Vernon Lyman Kellogg and his wife Charlotte built this wood-framed redwood Craftsman-style cottage in 1906. The outside walls have wood shingles. Kellogg was a professor of entomology at Stanford Univiersty from 1894 to 1920. This, and David Starr Jordan's home are two of the remaining on "Professor's Row."[2]: p42 
Garfield D. Mermer House Carmelo 2 SW of 7th Avenue Michael J. Murphy
Ernest Bixler 		Tudor-style 1924 The Garfield D. Merner House or "Hob Nob," is a one-and-one-half-story Tudor Revival architecture-style residence built for $4,500 in 1924 for Garfield D. Mermer.[1] Built by Carmel's builder Ernest Bixler.[13]
Mission Ranch 26270 Dolores Street Juan Romero Ranch-style house 1852 Mission Ranch is a historic hotel and restaurant in Carmel. The Mission Ranch once included 160-acre (0.65 km2).[18]
Jo Mora House West San Carlos Street and 3rd S. of 1st Jo Mora Craftsman-style 1921 The Jo Mora family relocated to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, the largest art colony on the West Coast, making it their primary residence. He constructed a Craftsman-style home, which is located on the west side of San Carlos Street, the third house south of 1st Avenue.[11][2][8]
Murphy's Barn N. San Antonio Avenue Matthew M. Murphey Vernacular architecture 1846 Murphy's Barn, also known as the Murphy Barn/Powers Studio is a historic building that was built in 1846, by Matthew M. Murphey in Carmel-by-the-Sea. The structure is recognized as an important American period farm building and the oldest remaining artist’s studio in Carmel.[1]
McCloud House 2934 Santa Lucia Avenue Carl Bensberg Cape Cod style 1939 Carl Bensberg was the designer and builder of this two-story wood framed Cape Cod style cottage.[1]
John Neikirk Cottage Southwest San Carlos and corner of Vista Hugh W. Comstock Cotswold-style 1926 The John Neikirk Cottage was built by Hugh Comstock in 1926. Neikirk was a leader of the first Carmel Boy Scout Troop.[8]
Perry Newberry Cottage Vista Avenue, between Mission and Junipero Streets Maynard McEntire (builder) Newberry (designer) Craftsman-style 1937 Perry Newberry bought one of the first lots sold by Frank Devendorf and Frank Powers in 1910.[19] The Perry Newberry Cottage, or "Sticks and Stones" Craftsman-style house was built in 1937 by builder Maynard McEntire. It can be found on the northern side of Vista Avenue, specifically the second house to the west of Junipero Avenue.[9][11]
Rudolph Ohm House Monte Verde Street and 5th Avenue Ben Turner Craftsman 1907 This residence positioned adjacent to Ben Turner's house, was specifically built for his daughter Emma and her husband Rudy Ohm. Turner himself oversaw the creation of the retaining walls and the brick chimney.[2]: p17 
Outlands in the Eighty Acres 25800 Hatton Road Henry Higby Gutterson Tudor Revival architecture 1925 The Outlands in the Eighty Acres, also known as Flanders Mansion, in Hatton Fields, was built by Fred Ruhl in 1924/1925 for real estate developer Paul Aiken Flanders. March 23, 1989 (#89000228)
Our House Santa Fe Street 4 NW 6th Avenue Hugh W. Comstock Storybook-style 1928 Comstock 5th cottage in Carmel that he designed and built in 1928, for $1,900 for Carmel resident Elizabeth Armstrong. It features a steeply pitched roof, irregularly shaped Carmel-stone fireplace.[13]: p104 
Las Olas Cottage Carmelo Street 5 NW of Ocean Avenue Edward Mestres Cotswold Vernacular 1925 Early Carmel cottage. Edward Mestres did the facade and landscape stonework. Good example of Carmel's Chalkstone.[13]: p88  The original owner was Vivian McEwen, wife of Alan McEwen a political editor for the San Francisco Call. On December 18, 2019 the Carmel Department of Community Planning and Building and Kent L. Seavey made a determination that the property does not constitute an historic resource and is ineligible for the Carmel Inventory of Historic Resources.[20]
La Playa Hotel Camino Real and 8th Avenue Chris Jorgensen Mediterranean Revival 1905 September 21, 2002
Rose Cottage 4th Avenue and Monte Verde Street Michael J. Murphy American Craftsman 1906 Mary Hunter Austin hired M.J. Murphy in 1907 to create a Craftsman-style cottage she called "Rose Cottage." The property is located at the intersection of 4th Avenue and Monte Verde Street. At this cottage, she entertained her friends, including London, Sterling, and Lewis. In 1906, she had a "Wick-I-Up" tree house constructed by builder Murphy, based on the design of San Francisco architect Louis Mullgardt. She wrote much of her writings from this treetop.[13]: p36 
Richardson Log Cabin Monte Verde Street Unknown Log cabin 1902 (or 1903) May 20, 2002
George Sterling House Northeast of Ocean Avenue and Junipero Street W.W. Woods and Gene Fenelon American Craftsman 1905 George Sterling brought two boyhood friends, W.W. Woods and Gene Fenelon, to Carmel to construct an American Craftsman cottage on a hilltop in the Eighty Acres tract northeast of Ocean Avenue and Junipero Street. Artist Charles Rollo Peters and Robinson Jeffers were influential in Sterling's move to Carmel.[13] In 1913, James Hopper and his wife purchased the cottage, when Sterling returned to San Francisco.[21]
Selner Cottage Lynn Charles Taylor Vernacular 1945, 1986 The Selner Cottage was built in 1945 as a one-story, 500 square-foot wood cottage. The Cottage has undergone significant transformations over the years, most notably in 1986 when architect Lynn Charles Taylor designed a cedar-shingled three-story addition that blends with the original structure.[13]: p150-155 
Sunset Center San Carlos Street John J. Donovan Gothic Revival 1852 January 9, 1998 (#97001604)
Sunwiseturn Cottage North Casanova Street and Palou Avenue Hugh W. Comstock Tudor Storybook architecture 1929 Sunwiseturn, also known as the Elsbeth Rose Cottage, was the last of the Comstock cottages that was built. It has the signature irregularly Carmel-stone chimney.[9]
Tor House and Hawk Tower 26304 Ocean View Avenue Robinson Jeffers 1962 October 10, 1975 (#75000444)
Benjamin Turner House Monte Verde Street SE of 5th Avenue Benjamin Turner Vernacular 1898 Benjamin "Ben" Turner came to Carmel City as a master stonemason. He built a brick house at Monte Verde Street SE of 5th Avenue. His son Harry became a stonemason.[9][2]: p17 
Mrs. Clinton Walker House 26336 Scenic Road Frank Lloyd Wright Organic architecture 1951 September 19, 2016 (#16000634)
Denny-Watrous Studio East side of Dolores Street and 2nd Avenue Hazel Watrous American Craftsman-style 1922 The Denny-Watrous Studio was designed by Hazel Watrous. Dene Denny and Hazel Watrous booked their own concerts and events in 1925 and 1926 in their American Craftsman-style home in Carmel-by-the-Sea, on the east side of Dolores Street, now called "Harmony House."[11][8]
George Whitcomb House W. Mission Street between Vista and 1st Avenues George Whitcomb Cotswold-style 1926 This Cotswold-style house was built for master builder George Mark Whitcomb (1898-1981) and his family.[8][13]: p55 
Whalers Cabin Pt. Lobos State Natural Reserve No style Cabin 1850s May 9, 2007 (#07000406)
Wilkinson House Carl Bensberg 26018 Ridgwood Road Tudor-style 1940 With a large Carmel stone chimney and industrial steel casement windows, the house boasts a blend of traditional and modern architecture.[2]: p86 
Jacob W. Wright House Santa Fe Street NE of 8th Avenue George Whitcomb Vernacular 1931 The Jacob W. Wright House (No. 2) was built in 1931 for Jacob W. Wright, a retired newspaperman.[2]: p83 
Ethel P. Young House Southwest corner of Carmelo St. and 8th Avenue Robert A. Stanton Spanish Eclectic 1926 The Ethel P. Young House was designed by Robert A. Stanton and built by Fred Ruhl for Ethel Young, Stanton's mother-in-law. [2]: p68 
Mabel Gray Young (Lachmund) House 25165 Lincoln Street Michael J. Murphy Redwood Cottage 1905 Wood-framed cottage built by Michael J. Murphy. Mabel Gray (Young) Lachmund was Carmel's first music teacher. She was trained as a pianist in London.[21]: p49 

See also

References

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