GCH2E9 Historic Homes (Virtual Cache) in California, United States created by The Plunketts

GCH2E9 ▼

A cache by The Plunketts Message this owner

Hidden : 10/14/2003

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In September of 2003, Oprah Winfrey taped her show about John Steinbeck and East of Eden at Waypoint #2. There are a number of historical homes in this area. Hope you enjoy checking them out.

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Waypoint # 1	N36°40.607 W121°39.441
	This Queen Anne style residence was the home of one of the first pharmacists of Salinas. Horace W. Austin built this house in 1896.
	1. When was the Austin House renovated?

Waypoint # 2	N36°40.593 W121°39.550
	John Steinbeck was born in the front bedroom of this house. He spent his first seventeen years here before going off to Stanford University.
	2. Tell us something you learned from the plaque by the front door. What is found in the basement of this house?

Waypoint # 3	N36°40.588 W121°39.567
	This house was built in 1890 in the Queen Anne style, but it was remodeled to the English Tudor style in 1926. Its first owner was the first female butcher in Salinas.
	3. Salinas' first female butcher was Elizabeth who? (name the house)

Waypoint # 4	N36°40.583 W121°39.615
	This house was designed by the architect William H. Weeks. It is a Modified Colonial Style built in 1896 at a cost of $7,500. It was constructed for a District Attorney for Monterey County. He was the first California attorney to introduce the photograph as admissible evidence in a court case.
	4. What was the name of this District Attorney? (name the house) Name one of the offices found in this building.

Waypoint # 5	N36°40.536 W121°39.565
	Built by Peter Bontadelli, a native of Switzerland, this home is the only example of the French Second Empire style architecture in Monterey County. Bontadelli was one of the first painting contractors in Salinas.
	5. By walking around the entire building tell how many dormers are found on this house.

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