The Monterey Heritage Society (MHS) plans to restore the 101-year-old
Parmelee Victorian home in New Monterey and develop it as community
center, museum, historic reference library and as an academic hostel.
The Parmelee Victorian is identified in the New Monterey Neighborhood
Area Plan as a valuable historical asset to be preserved. For
a brief history of the Parmelee Victorian.
The Parmelee Victorian is Registered as a National Historic Landmark
National Registry designation for the Parmelee Victorian was made possible
through a 1997 grant from the Doud Foundation and the Community Foundation for
Monterey County. The 1896 Lou Ellen Parmelee House was listed in the National
Register of Historic Places at the State Historical Resources Commission meeting
on January 7, 1998.
Registration as a National Historic Landmark recognizes the national
significance of properties that possess exceptional values in illustrating and
interpreting the heritage of the United States. National Historic Registration
means the property has been researched and evaluated according to established
procedures and determined to be: worthy of preservation; historically important;
deserving of honor.
The Parmelee Victorian is a unique building and is an important part
of Monterey's historic fabric. "The Victorian retains to a
remarkable degree its integrity of location, design, setting, materials,
workmanship feeling and association and possesses a strong sense of the
time and place." (Kent Seavey, Historic Specialist, in a report for
the City of Monterey.)
