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Casa Amesti


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CASA AMESTI
        Jose Amesti, a Spanish Basque, came to Monterey at the age of 30; in 1822, he married Prudenciana Vallejo, daughter of Don Jose Vallejo. In 1833, Amesti received the grant for a town lot, and began building a single story adobe home in the traditional style. As his wealth increased, he added on to the original adobe; construction continued into the 1850s.
         In 1918, the crumbling Casa Amesti was purchased by Frances Elkins for $5000. An interior designer, Elkins called upon her brother, architect David Adler, to help her restore the building, adding bathrooms, central heating, a pair of solaria, and a lovely garden with a greenhouse (the last added as late as 1951). The guest bedroom Elkins decorated for her brother, off the second-story living room, was particularly comfortable and cozy.
         Upon her death in 1953, the property was donated to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and it is now leased for private use.

Casa Amesti
516 Polk Street
Monterey, CA 93940
Latitude: 36.597565
Longitude: -121.894935

Ownership: Privately owned
Open: not generally open to the public except for special events.



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