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One of 64 National Register listings published here for Monterey County · listed in 2026 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Chautauqua Hall
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2026. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1913.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 162 16th Street, Pacific Grove, 93950
- When was it listed? January 2026
- Category. building
- Census division. Seaside-Monterey
- National Register reference number. 100012539 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1913 to 1997The ground this property stands on, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
295 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of Chautauqua Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 331 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 18 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 147 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 45 |
| Smoking | 32 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MORSE |
| 9 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | MAJELLA RD / SLOAT RD |
| 8 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | EQUESTRIAN |
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 1835 |
| 6 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | 17 MILE DR / BIRD ROCK RD |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | BIRD |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | BEU003326 |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Chautauqua Hall: 9 past producers, 8 producers, 4 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Monte Prop. Co-Fan Shell Beach | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Del Monte Prop. Co. - Fanshell Beah | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Sawmill Gulch | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Del Monte Properties Co | Stone | Producer | ||
| Jefferson Street Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Ruthyen Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Atkinson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| David Avenue | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Del Monte Properties Co. Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Del Monte Properties Co. Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pacific Grove, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 1 storm surge/tide, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1999 | Storm Surge/Tide | Pacific Grove | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| December 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Pacific Grove | - | A funnel cloud was observed around 1 mile off the coast of Asilomar. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Pacific Grove | - | Social media video showing small hail in Pacific Grove. |
Maps showing this location
13 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1913 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
- 1941 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Centrella Hotel | under 500 feet | 1982 |
 | Gosby House Inn | under 500 feet | 1980 |
 | Frank LaVerne Buck House | 0.2 miles | 1986 |
 | Trimmer Hill | 0.5 miles | 1982 |
 | Pacific Biological Laboratories | 1.0 miles | 1994 |
 | Lou Ellen Parmelee House | 1.1 miles | 1998 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100012539 in Record Group 79. |
| Monterey County | All 64 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.