PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #62: E.P. Wilbur 1888 543 Spruce Avenue Corner of Spruce Avenue and Fountain Avenue 4 beds, 3 baths, 1,946 SF on a 3,800 SF lot Built, 1893 Last sold, 2025     Spruce changes character west of Robert H. Down Elementary. Beyond Fountain, the school campus interrupts the street grid, leaving this stretch apart from the more continuous residential […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #61: Wallace Brown 1907 825 Pine Avenue From Cedar Street to Locust Street 4 beds, 5 baths, 3,903 SF on a 10,800 SF lot Built, 1906 Last sold, 2004 This Dutch Colonial Revival villa occupies the full block of Pine Avenue between Cedar and Locust, with connected buildings extending across grounds containing a large lawn, mature trees and a […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, 1-60   #1: Trimmer Hill, 230 6th Street #2: The Gosby House Inn, 643 Lighthouse Avenue #3: Laura Prusia 1906, 605 Pine Avenue #4: The Butterfly House, 309 9th Street #5: Margaret Lawrey 1887, 592 Central Avenue #6: Captain’s Castle, 106 7th Street #7: 178 Central Avenue #8: Dr. Andrew J. Hart 1894, 649 Lighthouse Avenue […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #60: Harriet W. Cushing 1906 781 Pine Avenue Corner of Pine Avenue and Granite Street 4 beds, 2 baths, 1,922 SF on a 5,400 SF lot Built, 1900 Last sold, 1965 This Folk Victorian cottage combines elaborate woodwork with playful color and decoration to frame a front porch that serves as both an outdoor sitting area and a display of […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #59: 725 Pine Avenue 725 Pine Avenue Corner of Pine Avenue and Cypress Avenue 4 beds, 2 baths, 2,650 SF on a 6,700 SF lot Built, 1949 Last sold, 2014 Before its enlargement, this Craftsman Revival was roughly 1,300 square feet. A substantial second-story addition and a smaller ground-floor extension approximately doubled its floor area, with most of the […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #58: Mrs. H. M. Wynnham 1885 480 & 482 Laurel Avenue Corner of Laurel Avenue and 13th Street Duplex; 4 beds, 2 baths, 1,669 SF on a 3,614 SF lot Built, 1959 Last sold, 1999   One side holds the historical marker and the other side holds the primary legal address, joined in a single attached building on one parcel.   […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #57: 621 Junipero Avenue 621 Junipero Avenue Corner of Junipero Avenue and 17th Street 2 beds, 1.5 baths, 1,262 SF on a 11,300 SF lot Built, 1930 Last sold, X     As Pacific Grove’s largest landowner, the Pacific Improvement Company expanded the town through a succession of small-lot subdivisions. In 1907, it extended the residential grid from Junipero […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #56: 411 11th Street 411 1th Street Between Pine Avenue and Spruce Avenue 2 beds, 2 baths, 1,842 SF on a 3,600 SF lot Built, 2015 Last sold, 2010     The original house was demolished following the last sale, leaving a familiar narrow residential parcel for a substantially larger Craftsman Revival. The replacement extends broadly across the lot, […]
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PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #55: 431 Spruce Avenue 431 Spruce Avenue Corner of Spruce Avenue and Carmel Avenue 3 beds, 1.5 baths, 1,333 SF on a 3,600 SF lot Built, 1905 Last sold, 1993     This Folk Victorian cottage is an early survivor of Forest and Pine’s residential expansion and an excellent representation of development at the outset of Pacific Grove’s “Comes […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #54: 510 Fountain Avenue 510 Fountain Avenue Between Spruce Avenue and Junipero Avenue 2 beds, 1 bath, 1,015 SF on a 3,800 SF lot Built, 1898 Last sold, 2005 This Folk Victorian cottage makes a playful impression at a modest scale. Across its compact front, curves and pointed lines pull in different directions, giving the house an informal elegance […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #53: 517 9th Street 517 9th Street Between Junipero Avenue and Spruce Avenue 1 bed, 1 bath, 711 SF on a 2,400 SF lot Built, 1928 Last sold, 2000     The “City of Homes” era (1927-1945) produced a scattered layer of new infill houses across Forest and Pine, including this Spanish Eclectic cottage. If Spanish Colonial Revival was […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #52: 508 4th Street 508 4th Street Between Spruce Street and Eardley Avenue 2 beds, 2 baths, 1,209 SF on a 5,500 SF lot Built, 1930 Last sold, 2026   On Forest and Pine’s Monterey-facing side, the grid pattern breaks apart at Eardley Avenue, which runs along the divide with New Monterey. The Spanish Revival sits just inside that […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #51: Claire H. Gumm 1911 602 Forest Avenue Corner of Forest Avenue and Junipero Avenue 5 beds, 3.5 baths, 2,900 SF on a 6,500 SF lot Built, 1908 Last sold, 2012     You pass it on a school run, on the way to the market, heading downtown or coming home. Being “The Purple House” gives it clear presence along […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes: 1-50   #1: Trimmer Hill, 230 6th Street #2: The Gosby House Inn, 643 Lighthouse Avenue #3: 605 Pine Avenue #4: The Butterfly House, 309 9th Street #5: Margaret Lawrey 1887, 592 Central Avenue #6: Captain’s Castle, 106 7th Street #7: 178 Central Avenue #8: Dr. Andrew J. Hart 1894, 649 Lighthouse Avenue #9: Frank Clark […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #50: Lena F. Lofland 1909 420 Forest Avenue Corner of Forest Avenue and Spruce Avenue 3 beds, 3 baths, 2,658 SF on a 7,200 SF lot Built, 1910 Last sold, 1985       This Victorian-influenced Craftsman cottage has the kind of street exposure that gives it an immediate public identity: it is easy to find and easy to recognize, […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #49: 308 Fountain Avenue 308 Fountain Avenue Between Laurel Avenue and Pine Avenue 3 beds, 2 baths, 1,520 SF on a 3,800 SF lot Built, 1900 Last sold, 2023     It began as a compact, one-story house with a simple rectangular shape, an open front porch, and a modest early-20th-century domestic character. What followed was not a light […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #48: 468 Pine Avenue 468 Pine Avenue Corner of 12th Street to Corner of 13th Street Medical facility on a 15,912 lot Built, 1902 Last sold, 2024   In 1901, Cleveland banker J. J. Osborne bought one of Pine Avenue’s most prominent lots and commissioned architect William H. Weeks to design a Queen Anne mansion that would stand out. […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #47: 410 Pine Avenue 410 Pine Avenue Corner of Pine Avenue and 11th Street Triplex: 7 bathrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3,528 SF on a 3,598 SF lot Built, 1929 Last sold, 2022     Pine Avenue gives this English Revival Manor a fantastic showcase for its walled front court, which leads from the sidewalk to the entry through a tight […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #46: Mrs. Charlotte Saal 316 8th Street Between Laurel Avenue and Pine Avenue 2 beds, 1 bath, 683 SF on Built, 1889 Last sold, 2013   This folk Victorian cottage was constructed as part of the infill accompanying the town’s incorporation, when the block was filling in with small wood-frame houses. Long ownership tenures have left a quiet imprint: […]
PG, City of Homes Pacific Grove, City of Homes, #45: Merle F. Harper 1926 402 4th Street Corner of 4th Street and Pine Avenue 4 beds, 3 baths, 2,395 SF on a 8,036 SF lot Built, 1926 Last sold, 2023     Pine Avenue is a broad boulevard lined with massive palms and mature Monterey pines, stretching east-to-west across downtown and past Washington Park.     This corridor includes […]