Pacific Grove Guide - 2025

SHOPP ING 46 Guide to Pacific Grove Historic Home Plaques You have probably seen many of the green plaques that are on the older homes in Pacific Grove that are mostly in women’s names. They contain the first owner’s name and the year the home was built or more accurately the year it was first recorded in the Monterey County tax records. The significance behind so many women's names continues to be one of Pacific Grove's historic mysteries. Women often lived longer, so perhaps using their names avoided some tax issues when the husband died. It also may have been to protect the home for creditors if a husband’s business failed. Some women were probably widow or unmarried. Unfortunately, no one knows for sure. Pick up the “Walking Tour” brochure at the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce Tourist Information Center or at the Chamber Office.