Title
REF260022 - DOUGLAS RANCH LLC
Public hearing to consider a recommendation to the County of Monterey Board of Supervisors listing the original building cluster of “Douglas Ranch Camp” on the Monterey County Register of Historic Resources
Project Location: 33200 E. Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley (Assessor's Parcel Number 197-161-060-000 and 197-161-063-000), Cachagua Area Plan
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Monterey County Historic Resources Review Board (HRRB) adopt a resolution (Attachment 1) recommending that the Board of Supervisors list the original building cluster of “Douglas Ranch Camp” on the Monterey County Register of Historic Resources.
DISCUSSION:
The site is a total of 116 acres containing the original building cluster of the Douglas Ranch Camp that was built between 1947 and 1949, consisting of Dining Hall/Kitchen/Laundry Building, Office/Lounge Building, Automatic Process Control (APC) Building, Bunkhouse, and Director’s House, with additional recreational areas including the Lower and Upper Tennis courts, an Archery Range, a Baseball Field, a Rifle Range, a Crafts Building, a Swimming Pool, a Horse Barn/Stable, a Donkey Barn, a Corral, and three separate cabin groupings that were developed gradually since. The property is situated in rolling oak-studded hills south of Tularcitos Creek and Carmel Valley Road within Carmel Valley. On July 6, 2026, Asia King submitted a letter on behalf of the property owner Joy Berry requesting that the recommended structures on the subject property be listed on the Monterey County Register of Historical Resources. The request was accompanied by a Phase I Historic Report prepared by Seth Bergstein (Attachment 2, LIB260231) evaluating the historical significance of the home.
The Phase I report describes Douglas Ranch Camp is seen as significant under the California Register of Historic Resources Criterion 1, associated with significant events, patterns or trends like the ...
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