Colton Hall

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Colton Hall is a historic government building in Monterey, California, best known as the site where California’s first constitutional convention was held in 1849.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic government building ⓘ
museum ⓘ
architecturalStyle Greek Revival architecture ⓘ
CaliforniaConstitutionDraftedHere 1849 ⓘ
CaliforniaHistoricalLandmarkNumber 126 ⓘ
coordinateLocation 36.599°N 121.894°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
floorCountHistoricUse lower floor used as schoolrooms ⓘ
upper floor used as convention hall ⓘ
function meeting place for constitutional convention delegates ⓘ
hasCategory Buildings and structures in Monterey, California ⓘ
California Historical Landmarks ⓘ
Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California ⓘ
Museums in Monterey County, California ⓘ
hasExhibit California statehood history ⓘ
Monterey local history ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction Custom House Plaza, Monterey ⓘ
Pacific House Museum, Monterey ⓘ
hasSignificantPeriod early American period in California ⓘ
hasTourismAttractionType government building tour ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
heritageDesignation California Historical Landmark ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1970 ⓘ
inception 1840s ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Monterey County, California ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
location Monterey, California ⓘ
linked to: Monterey
materialUsed stone ⓘ
namedAfter Walter Colton ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 70000141 ⓘ
NRHPType building ⓘ
numberOfFloors 2 ⓘ
opened 1849 ⓘ
operator City of Monterey ⓘ
ownedBy City of Monterey ⓘ
partOf Colton Hall Historic Site ⓘ
linked to: Colton Hall

Monterey Old Town historic area ⓘ
publicAccess yes ⓘ
significantEvent California Constitutional Convention of 1849 ⓘ
use government offices ⓘ
museum of local history ⓘ
public school ⓘ
usedFor civic ceremonies ⓘ
public meetings ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Monterey → hasAttraction → Colton Hall ⓘ
Colton Hall → partOf → Colton Hall Historic Site ⓘ
linked to: Colton Hall
David Douty Colton → hasPart → Colton Hall (California estate) ⓘ
linked to: Colton Hall
City of Monterey → hasAttraction → Colton Hall ⓘ