Landmark information
- Location:
Monterey State Historic Park, SW corner of Scott and Pacific Sts, Monterey - Plaque:
None - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
7/10/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
12/21/2022 - GPS Coordinates:
N 36 36.181, W 121 53.727
About this landmark
From the state:
This building was built about 1844 as a sailor's lodging house by Jack Swan. In 1848 it was commandeered by a group of mustered-out soldiers of Colonel Stevenson's regiment of New Yorkers looking for a place to put on plays and comedies. The theater afterward served as a whaling station, a lookout station having been added to the roof.