Pacific Grove's Oldest House (Continued) in the deal, and then sold the property to the Pacific Improvement Co. tn 1881. That company, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad· Co., then began work on such. projects as the city' 8 Chatauqua Hall, which still stands. The oldest district of the city is known as the Pacific Grove Retreat, and subsequent annexations are de- seribed as "additions," as in "the first addition to the retgk,te. There was "almost nothing" on the books for Pacific Grove, he· noted, as he and fellow researchers, includ- ing his wife, Jean, Marjorie and Brad Smith of'Pacific Grove and others, poured over the old' records. It quickly became apparent that the assessor'B clerks, who wrote in; eleg,nt it sometimes in- P. - Fli + T itty#<61,/t :14 41, 1. --b, a.'-ty:4. * I 1 IlL -1 3.- r -t 1 4 . C ' I-< r 4-10-4414-1+'<1-1.111/1/-1/-1--121-1.-==--9114:14 - ..r.: -=94¥ ri 4-·- - IfF„r.r't 04 - -r-• + =ir < i·ikA,4· f-1- 1/ +I I. '. :'JHMA Nfl 4 1 .9 14·.»P ' 74-'t, _·4,2*r-#rli *d4 . T tb. · 1 n . 4 1 -212 . <7. -A " L 1.-6-¥12 2 'ir - r. ".. I · ·614IT Z 09£ 4. J . I 2 11 511 *BAA r.%. 114 - T - M-41 --1 11 I 1 . ... .. · I 1 E- 07 1 a 11= 4-2 1 -*11 169 1 ,1.35.. 1 : - 14 - -t, f . 113 -11 7 -t k , ·Lt L'*64,7 f - - - '4* 111: 11121 lip , b 12. L . I -" "B,44· ·Dti.. i . :I -1 14 + + . 4 1 4.klt-Up, 4. - Id F. + -- 1- .1 94*2.11.1? 4 4 1 b iin. · 3 +L -EL'iJD1=L,1-4. '·6-+r * ,_*_.i.-i... i,=a... I I t· · -1=T 11 - -- - 1 444 . -11. 1.1 i« 2 1 - - -74- 7- -, TH-- -. - - -4--- 1 1- 4 Dlyi -.· *4 - '·. L 324#r4. 1. I f + JI- F <.Jit 2ri- ' rt,3,n_.,_ 4h'*11'1%ill= f..-.|I .-4| ----r- -4F ...< i L- deciphenable S#eng*vian Enipt, ha m> aggament §3,8, tems R, negandi ent:lem Namen„ place%, pmpentles wene j):mlk!** 4,88¢Iken· Ck= Mlashm San Antonia to Sani J#am Bal:*ImiA and! 514 €14, Salinam an¢ Mon terey nuhhedl ahmtiumcm with nemate Big Sur tanglk landkandi th* Pagille eke- Retreat. Sitlb ¥1*¥ 4*,be - shows a milmi mab M•an agm ©1 met ne be "Im aboN. 7*V'"19"Mi Q* C.nalt IE nothing 014, Mith not•d,. the -14 memben began leacni»g thingm thak were NOT truei Claims of houset built int thE i8*11* ilt Pacift¢Grovelust Cauldit be so; the asnes- showedt vttual]* no, buituing, in P.G. 1)08*m 18M andltherecond* were wantt to 11*tta mant, every asset dmm. to- the last cow, hurm> and horse. Sing*Dr. an,EBh Mill*wemmembermoftheMeth- odiat Chuneh,t they ,tudied chund necands for a ' 'Scetch, pastoll' " wh£ mightl*the man Stevensont met during hiss*um through the·deserted retreat during that off- season of 1879. Church records showed provisions had been made for a house to allow a minister to live in at the retreat year 'nound, and that,Rev. & C. Meneugal,whedled tri 19791 had been a mint»ter. The assessor's records show no house in MacDout al'!b name.griortal#884,butamongythosa llated Wa8 one for an Ann MacIDeugall at 1- Pacific Street. The name MacDougal rang a bell, yet it could have been a coincidence. creek once Bowedlthrou®thatace£, andlita*estatill Inalt#* (Cht**Inia: Pmt" agi*0§11 liamp>duzing the cain, seamm & year 'toundi Besid•nt woildi need a nean# mi:ze•etwatim haddition, thpmpe]*abut, tad Dargitt .Emal#i- QUE dhdry farm„ now the, Pacific (kam Guit €1=,4, amt Jeel#4; whe *mated: the rand, map·ha%* hi his m,n reasons Bit ehoosing & small part Qi the farm. - 14 *t the, pmpe,ty asse-# Didi lacksi hage ihatene' with, the, asesessom, or was the· min, iNteRn's, Gattae e-ide,Tedi church; propenty and thus- not taxable? - Did the cottage appear on the rolls afterward because hisg widow became owmer and it was no longer tax emempe Back at the research project, the microfilms yielded the name of & man named Furlong who also lived. on Pacific Stneet acnoss the stneet trom 22 Pacific, in a Victorian house that has since burned down. Willked; 11 Bilmank, 9% amE the late John Onchacdi once the pestmaste of Pacifle Gmeve, hoth Itnem· him as Williant Ett:lang & P.G hanher, Mith, mit Ma Sefton ant *ms Gold-nth, sal* al man, the, remembered as "Gnand*Witmt Faclangr' ha,E toldtheit mothe the Skere'Immateny, and! the het that a IMI, long hact lived! ae- the street from their glrihoed heme addedl credence to it. "The geography, the time, the nameon: theaasessr or' 9 neend•, all: pointedito it," Milts said. It waa time for a field study of the house. Art inspection, 0£ the house· showed that some changes had been made in the fbrm of additions to the original building but since Mrs. Sefton and Miss Gold- sworth¥ he was unchanged' from the time they lived inikaschildren,,the.temodelinahad to have taken place at about the turn of- the century. Mills noted that a bay window had been added to the At about the game time, Edna Goldsworthy Sefton joined the heritage society. She told Mills the house at 142 Pacific was, indeed, the very same house Steven- son referred to in his journal. Her mother, Louise Goldsworthy, bought the house in 1906, and told her and her sister, Philoma Goldsworthy, that the house was visited and described by Stevenson. Did the story jibe with the historical record? WN• aaid the, Geld-,th¥ sistens' stoEy launched what became & thnee-Year search Zon the truth. Among the una-gezedi questiont, he said, wene: - Why was the finst house, if it was; indeed, first, built sofar hom theeentere#town, Theanswer·could! have semething 14 db with the Rle, that e goed&simedt "Facing down the main thoraughfare -ten- . »IL- 16 - .pl-4|2- Ir tral Avenue', as *t was ticketed saw an J1I * open-air temp e, with I · l/t #* +I *9.0 benches and a sound- 9364 .4 .7 . ing beard, al though. for an orch-1-,u " wroli Robert E *s * ..4. venson of one of the sights he saw on hs vis- ... , 2 , i* te Patitic Gno,# 4 1 . t ELI .... T 4 * n 16rrintons -, 5 4 :1 3144 2:*F,1... f- f . '01. _Ttru 1 4 Countr Living -. =t·-' t ·: i ·· + -4. r -1 - . 1 -4 2 3 , » hus moved to,26364 3 • 1, 4 Camel Rancho Lane ; 14 Un front of the Bel.90'4; - - 3. .4,4246*r.r 4, A.I.· · I Hrehe also: short€ned our *ame to Sust - HARRINGTONS -42 . 1*Art - 4- 'Arri@-4' ·· . 4*111.K·ttlr,9F #*- : 44 i46 -1•-di'it 4 TIE MBRAID WBelele, MIGAZING:, MA¥' Te; WOM CARMEL RANCIO LANE 8/0 ROAD. , OCR Text: Pacific Grove's Oldest House (Continued) in the deal, and then sold the property to the Pacific Improvement Co. tn 1881. That company, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad· Co., then began work on such. projects as the city' 8 Chatauqua Hall, which still stands. The oldest district of the city is known as the Pacific Grove Retreat, and subsequent annexations are de- seribed as "additions," as in "the first addition to the retgk,te. There was "almost nothing" on the books for Pacific Grove, he· noted, as he and fellow researchers, includ- ing his wife, Jean, Marjorie and Brad Smith of'Pacific Grove and others, poured over the old' records. It quickly became apparent that the assessor'B clerks, who wrote in; eleg,nt it sometimes in- P. - Fli T itty#<61,/t :14 41, 1. --b, a.'-ty:4. * I 1 IlL -1 3.- r -t 1 4 . C ' I-< r 4-10-4414-1 '<1-1.111/1/-1/-1--121-1.-==--9114:14 - ..r.: -=94¥ ri 4-·- - IfF„r.r't 04 - -r-• =ir < i·ikA,4· f-1- 1/ I I. '. :'JHMA Nfl 4 1 .9 14·.»P ' 74-'t, _·4,2*r-#rli *d4 . T tb. · 1 n . 4 1 -212 . <7. -A " L 1.-6-¥12 2 'ir - r. ".. I · ·614IT Z 09£ 4. J . I 2 11 511 *BAA r.%. 114 - T - M-41 --1 11 I 1 . ... .. · I 1 E- 07 1 a 11= 4-2 1 -*11 169 1 ,1.35.. 1 : - 14 - -t, f . 113 -11 7 -t k , ·Lt L'*64,7 f - - - '4* 111: 11121 lip , b 12. L . I -" "B,44· ·Dti.. i . :I -1 14 . 4 1 4.klt-Up, 4. - Id F. -- 1- .1 94*2.11.1? 4 4 1 b iin. · 3 L -EL'iJD1=L,1-4. '·6- r * ,_*_.i.-i... i,=a... I I t· · -1=T 11 - -- - 1 444 . -11. 1.1 i« 2 1 - - -74- 7- -, TH-- -. - - -4--- 1 1- 4 Dlyi -.· *4 - '·. L 324#r4. 1. I f JI- F <.Jit 2ri- ' rt,3,n_.,_ 4h'*11'1%ill= f..-.|I .-4| ----r- -4F ...< i L- deciphenable S#eng*vian Enipt, ha m> aggament §3,8, tems R, negandi ent:lem Namen„ place%, pmpentles wene j):mlk!** 4,88¢Iken· Ck= Mlashm San Antonia to Sani J#am Bal:*ImiA and! 514 €14, Salinam an¢ Mon terey nuhhedl ahmtiumcm with nemate Big Sur tanglk landkandi th* Pagille eke- Retreat. Sitlb ¥1*¥ 4*,be - shows a milmi mab M•an agm ©1 met ne be "Im aboN. 7*V'"19"Mi Q* C.nalt IE nothing 014, Mith not•d,. the -14 memben began leacni»g thingm thak were NOT truei Claims of houset built int thE i8*11* ilt Pacift¢Grovelust Cauldit be so; the asnes- showedt vttual]* no, buituing, in P.G. 1)08*m 18M andltherecond* were wantt to 11*tta mant, every asset dmm. to- the last cow, hurm> and horse. Sing*Dr. an,EBh Mill*wemmembermoftheMeth- odiat Chuneh,t they ,tudied chund necands for a ' 'Scetch, pastoll' " wh£ mightl*the man Stevensont met during hiss*um through the·deserted retreat during that off- season of 1879. Church records showed provisions had been made for a house to allow a minister to live in at the retreat year 'nound, and that,Rev. & C. Meneugal,whedled tri 19791 had been a mint»ter. The assessor's records show no house in MacDout al'!b name.griortal#884,butamongythosa llated Wa8 one for an Ann MacIDeugall at 1- Pacific Street. The name MacDougal rang a bell, yet it could have been a coincidence. creek once Bowedlthrou®thatace£, andlita*estatill Inalt#* (Cht**Inia: Pmt" agi*0§11 liamp>duzing the cain, seamm & year 'toundi Besid•nt woildi need a nean# mi:ze•etwatim haddition, thpmpe]*abut, tad Dargitt .Emal#i- QUE dhdry farm„ now the, Pacific (kam Guit €1=,4, amt Jeel#4; whe *mated: the rand, map·ha%* hi his m,n reasons Bit ehoosing & small part Qi the farm. - 14 *t the, pmpe,ty asse-# Didi lacksi hage ihatene' with, the, asesessom, or was the· min, iNteRn's, Gattae e-ide,Tedi church; propenty and thus- not taxable? - Did the cottage appear on the rolls afterward because hisg widow became owmer and it was no longer tax emempe Back at the research project, the microfilms yielded the name of & man named Furlong who also lived. on Pacific Stneet acnoss the stneet trom 22 Pacific, in a Victorian house that has since burned down. Willked; 11 Bilmank, 9% amE the late John Onchacdi once the pestmaste of Pacifle Gmeve, hoth Itnem· him as Williant Ett:lang & P.G hanher, Mith, mit Ma Sefton ant *ms Gold-nth, sal* al man, the, remembered as "Gnand*Witmt Faclangr' ha,E toldtheit mothe the Skere'Immateny, and! the het that a IMI, long hact lived! ae- the street from their glrihoed heme addedl credence to it. "The geography, the time, the nameon: theaasessr or' 9 neend•, all: pointedito it," Milts said. It waa time for a field study of the house. Art inspection, 0£ the house· showed that some changes had been made in the fbrm of additions to the original building but since Mrs. Sefton and Miss Gold- sworth¥ he was unchanged' from the time they lived inikaschildren,,the.temodelinahad to have taken place at about the turn of- the century. Mills noted that a bay window had been added to the At about the game time, Edna Goldsworthy Sefton joined the heritage society. She told Mills the house at 142 Pacific was, indeed, the very same house Steven- son referred to in his journal. Her mother, Louise Goldsworthy, bought the house in 1906, and told her and her sister, Philoma Goldsworthy, that the house was visited and described by Stevenson. Did the story jibe with the historical record? WN• aaid the, Geld-,th¥ sistens' stoEy launched what became & thnee-Year search Zon the truth. Among the una-gezedi questiont, he said, wene: - Why was the finst house, if it was; indeed, first, built sofar hom theeentere#town, Theanswer·could! have semething 14 db with the Rle, that e goed&simedt "Facing down the main thoraughfare -ten- . »IL- 16 - .pl-4|2- Ir tral Avenue', as *t was ticketed saw an J1I * open-air temp e, with I · l/t #* I *9.0 benches and a sound- 9364 .4 .7 . ing beard, al though. for an orch-1-,u " wroli Robert E *s * ..4. venson of one of the sights he saw on hs vis- ... , 2 , i* te Patitic Gno,# 4 1 . t ELI .... T 4 * n 16rrintons -, 5 4 :1 3144 2:*F,1... f- f . '01. _Ttru 1 4 Countr Living -. =t·-' t ·: i ·· -4. r -1 - . 1 -4 2 3 , » hus moved to,26364 3 • 1, 4 Camel Rancho Lane ; 14 Un front of the Bel.90'4; - - 3. .4,4246*r.r 4, A.I.· · I Hrehe also: short€ned our *ame to Sust - HARRINGTONS -42 . 1*Art - 4- 'Arri@-4' ·· . 4*111.K·ttlr,9F #*- : 44 i46 -1•-di'it 4 TIE MBRAID WBelele, MIGAZING:, MA¥' Te; WOM CARMEL RANCIO LANE 8/0 ROAD. , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Historic Properties of Pacific Grove,Pacific,142 Pacific,142 PACIFIC AVE_019.pdf,142 PACIFIC AVE_019.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: 142 PACIFIC AVE_019.PDF, 142 PACIFIC AVE_019.pdf 1 Page 1