" 7 9„1 7.73.4?r" 11 Ir ¥k 1 * 6292'gr Pacific Grove's ,, 7.4+>'44- 42/L, 1 3 . 11 1 4> 1 4 r 9 r, ¥ i,€'2 A-Tnte . ¥ . ;11-17.:f i Oldest House (Continued) in the deal, and then sold the property to the Pacific improvement Co. in 1881. That company, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad Co., then began work on such projects as the city's -Hall, which still stands. C haut:t° lu- The oldest district of the city is known as the Pacific Grove Retreat, and subsequent annexations are de- scribed as "additions," as in "the first addltion to the retreat:,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 Smlth of Pacific Grove and others, poured over the old records. r W A Vill'-4 d 1 i r t+ IL I 1 t 1 4 4: €1- 4 4 4 F:'.:jic.:il: i *=- r - 40 11111,1 I -4 11 r• 1-+1' •r 1-- 4 It quickly became apparent that the assessor's clerks,whowrotein.elegantifsometimesin-,__-"-41--1441%.i,--r"gg-€2Z.2--26,4---·I''Mlt_'i,FLEN»+3;4-2--,4/'1.22..1.--.4.64.,+ ...Ir. decipherable Spencerian script, had no apparent sys- Side view of the house shows additions made many tem for record entries. Names, places, properties were jumbled together from Mission San Antonio to years ago. Old roof line can be seen above the San Juan Bautista, and King City, Salinas and Mon- , windows at center. terey rubbed shoulders with remote Big Sur ranch lands and the Pacific Grove Retreat. If nothing else, Mills noted, the society members began learning things that were NOT true. Claims of houses built in the 1840' s in Pacific Grove just couldn't be so; the assessor showed virtually no buildings in P.G. before 1875 and the records were wont to list a man's every asset, down to the last cow, burro and horse. Since Dr. and Mrs. Mills were members of the Meth- odist Church, they studied church records for a "Scotch pastor" who might be the man Stevenson met during his sojourn through the deserted retreat during that off season of 1879. , OCR Text: " 7 9„1 7.73.4?r" 11 Ir ¥k 1 * 6292'gr Pacific Grove's ,, 7.4 >'44- 42/L, 1 3 . 11 1 4> 1 4 r 9 r, ¥ i,€'2 A-Tnte . ¥ . ;11-17.:f i Oldest House (Continued) in the deal, and then sold the property to the Pacific improvement Co. in 1881. That company, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad Co., then began work on such projects as the city's -Hall, which still stands. C haut:t° lu- The oldest district of the city is known as the Pacific Grove Retreat, and subsequent annexations are de- scribed as "additions," as in "the first addltion to the retreat:,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 Smlth of Pacific Grove and others, poured over the old records. r W A Vill'-4 d 1 i r t IL I 1 t 1 4 4: €1- 4 4 4 F:'.:jic.:il: i *=- r - 40 11111,1 I -4 11 r• 1- 1' •r 1-- 4 It quickly became apparent that the assessor's clerks,whowrotein.elegantifsometimesin-,__-"-41--1441%.i,--r"gg-€2Z.2--26,4---·I''Mlt_'i,FLEN» 3;4-2--,4/'1.22..1.--.4.64., ...Ir. decipherable Spencerian script, had no apparent sys- Side view of the house shows additions made many tem for record entries. Names, places, properties were jumbled together from Mission San Antonio to years ago. Old roof line can be seen above the San Juan Bautista, and King City, Salinas and Mon- , windows at center. terey rubbed shoulders with remote Big Sur ranch lands and the Pacific Grove Retreat. If nothing else, Mills noted, the society members began learning things that were NOT true. Claims of houses built in the 1840' s in Pacific Grove just couldn't be so; the assessor showed virtually no buildings in P.G. before 1875 and the records were wont to list a man's every asset, down to the last cow, burro and horse. Since Dr. and Mrs. Mills were members of the Meth- odist Church, they studied church records for a "Scotch pastor" who might be the man Stevenson met during his sojourn through the deserted retreat during that off season of 1879. , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Historic Properties of Pacific Grove,Pacific,142 Pacific,142 PACIFIC AVE_014.pdf,142 PACIFIC AVE_014.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: 142 PACIFIC AVE_014.PDF, 142 PACIFIC AVE_014.pdf 1 Page 1