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  Monterey's Custom House

  1. Monterey County Historical Society, California
  2. The Monterey Custom House, built in 1827
  3. Presided over Mexico's only port of entry on the Alta California Coast
  4. It is the oldest public building on the west coast.
  5. San Francisco History: The Annals of San Francisco. 1855
    1. Image - Custom House, being erected on Battery Street, San Francisco
    2. Image - Custom House Block
    3. Image - Custom House - Corner of Montgomery and California Streets
    4. Image - Adobe Custom House on Portsmouth Square>


  The Custom House Levee District, Chicago, Illinois

  1. Waves of foreigners and immigrants poured into Chicago and with the arrival of the World's Fair in 1893, thousands of new citizens followed.



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