JOS. BOSTON STORE
This two-story adobe with a chalk-rock foundation was built by Thomas O. Larkin in the 1840s. It was sold to Jose Abrego, who leased it to Joseph Boston & Company in the 1850s for a general merchandise store. One of Boston's partners was the deputy tax collector, and the store served as a depository for county taxes. The partners owned the first iron safe in Monterey, which has now been returned to its original location. It came to be known as Casa del Oro (The House of Gold) due to reports that miners stored their gold there.
Abrego later sold the building to David Jacks; it became a storehouse and a private home. It was given to the State of California by the Jacks sisters.
Today, the Boston Store is again a shop, operated by the non-profit Historic Garden League, selling antiques, ribbons, linens, crockery, preserves, soaps, potpourri, tea and herbs, all representative of items in use in early California. A lovely herb garden flanks the property.
Jos. Boston Store (Casa del Oro Adobe)
210 Olivier Street at Scott Street
Monterey, CA 93940
831-649-3364
Ownership: California State Parks,
leased to nonprofit, Historic Garden League