A history of Del Monte Forest,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Del Monte Forest from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Del Monte Forest was originally part of the resort complex of the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey. The resort hotel was built by Charles Crocker, one of California's Big Four railroad barons, through Southern Pacific Railroad's property division, the Pacific Improvement Company (PIC). The hotel first opened on June 10, 1880. Samuel Finley Brown Morse formed the Del Monte Properties Company on February 27, 1919, and acquired the extensive holdings of the PIC, which included the Del Monte Forest, the Del Monte Lodge (since renamed the Lodge at Pebble Beach) and the Hotel Del Monte. The actual hotel building and surrounding grounds were acquired by the United States Navy after World War II to be the Navy's new location of the Naval Postgraduate School.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Del Monte Forest’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLagoon, Hotel Del Monte, Del Mont…, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Del Monte Forest
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Del Monte Forest, decade by decade
LOCLagoon, Hotel Del Monte, Del Monte, California1900
LOCThe Roman Plunge, Hotel Del Monte, Del Monte, California1900
LOCCypress Tree, 17 Mile Drive, Hotel Del Monte, Del Monte, Ca…1900
LOCMidway Point, 17 Mile Drive, Del Monte, California1900
LOCHotel Del Monte, Del Monte, Calif1906
LOCArizona garden, Hotel Del Monte, Del Monte, Cal19061990s
1 historic place in Del Monte Forest
1 place in Del Monte Forest is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Lagoon, Hotel Del Monte, Del Monte, California (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6) and the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.