Colton Hall

COLTON
HALL.
IN THIS BUILDING FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO OCTOBER 13, 1849
ASSĖMBLED THE CONVENTION WHICH DRAFTED THE CONSTITUTION UNDER
WHICH CALIFORNIA WAS ADMITTED TO/STATEHOOD, - SEPTEMBER 9, 1850.
THE FORTY-EIGHT DELEGATES MET ON THE UPPER FLOOR WHICH RAN THE
LENGTH OF. THE MAIN BUILDING. ROBERT SEMPLE WAS CHAIRMAN AND
WILLIAM G, MARCY. SECRETARY. THE STAIRWAY LEADING TO THE
CONVENTION HALL WAS IN THE REAR OF THE BUILDING.
REVEREND WALTER COLTON. FIRST AMERICAN ALCALDE IN MONTEREY
ERECTED THIS BUILDING. WHICH BEARS HIS NAME, AS A PUBLIC HALL AND
SCHOOL HOUSE. COLTON AND ROBERT SEMPLE ESTABLISHED, IN MONTEREY
ON AUGUST 15. 1846. THE FIRST AMERICAN NEWSPAPER IN CALIFORNIA.
TABLET PLACED BY HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMITTEE, NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST
JUNE 3 1931.