page_title: Colton Hall
hierarchical_section_title: Colton Hall
caption_attribution_description: English: Colton Hall, Monterey, California, USA. A long-serving public building that hosted the first California state constitutional convention in 1849; now contains a city-owned museum. Viewed from the east-southeast. This is a photo of a place or building that is listed on the California Historical Landmark listing in the United States. Its reference number is 126.
context_page_description: Colton Hall is a government building and museum in Monterey, California, United States. It was built in the late 1840s by Walter Colton, who came to Monterey as a chaplain on Commodore Stockton's vessel and remained to become Monterey's first alcalde in the American Period.
  Colton Hall was originally a public school and government meeting place. It also hosted California's first constitutional convention in 1849.
context_section_description: Colton Hall is a government building and museum in Monterey, California, United States.  It was built in the late 1840s by Walter Colton, who came to Monterey as a chaplain on Commodore Stockton's vessel and remained to become Monterey's first alcalde (mayor) in the American Period.
  Colton Hall was originally a public school and government meeting place. It also hosted California's first constitutional convention in 1849.
caption: Colton Hall from the east-southeast
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