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| image           = First_frame_house_in_California.jpg
| caption         = Home of old lady Allen, first frame house in California.
| locmapin        = California
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| map_caption     = Map of California
| map_dot_label   = First Frame House
| coordinates     = {{Coord|36|35|48|N|121|53|32|W|display=inline,title}}
| location        = Monterey, California
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| built           = 1847
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| architects      = Bushnell & Hanson
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The '''First Frame House''', also known as the '''Allen House''', was a historic wood frame building in [[Monterey, California]], United States. It stood on Webster Street in downtown Monterey. After its demolition in 1923, a service station was constructed in its place. It was the first prefabricated frame house in Monterey, shipped from [[Australia]] and then reconstructed in California.

==History==
[[File:First House Build of Lumber in California, Monterey, Calif (NYPL b12647398-68422).tiff|thumb|left|First House Built of Lumber in California, Monterey, Calif (NYPL b12647398-68422)]]

The First Frame House was designed and built in Australia by Bushnell & Hanson, then dismantled, labeled, and loaded onto their ship, the ''Independence'', along with their furnishings and belongings, ensuring she would live in comfort. The house came by ship across [[Cape Horn]] from Australia. The 14-room oak-framed house was assembled in 1847 on Webster Street in downtown Monterey. Its owner, Timothy Bushton, arrived in California with his wife, Jane, and ailing daughter, hoping Monterey’s climate would restore her health. After Bushton’s passing, his widow, Jane Bushton, married Thomas E. Allen. Their son, Thomas W. Allen Jr., constable of Monterey, resided in the house with his wife and children.<ref name="Andresen">{{cite book|last=Andresen|first= Anna Geil |url=https://archive.org/details/historiclandmark00andr/page/n59/mode/2up?q=%22First+frame+House%22|title=Historic landmarks of Monterey|chapter=The First Frame House|publisher=Salinas Index Press|date=1917|page=25|access-date=2025-03-09}}</ref><ref name="O’Donnell">{{cite web|url=https://indexes.montereyhistory.org/sites/default/files/peninsula-diary/1957/4-15-1957.pdf|title=The Allen House|publisher=Peninsula Diary Mayo Hayes O’Donnell |date= April 15, 1957 |page=|access-date=2025-03-09}}</ref>

The Allen house was the first fully prefabricated frame house in Monterey, California. It was demolished in 1923 and replaced by a service station.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19080809.2.200.2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------|title=Story of the First Frame House Built in Monterey|work= San Francisco Call |date= August 9, 1908 |page=|access-date=2025-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Architect_and_Engineer/SgsTAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=First+Frame+House+in+Monterey&pg=RA4-PA78&printsec=frontcover|title=
The preservation of California Landmark|author=Samuel E. Gideon|journal=Architect and Engineer Inc. |volume=63-64|issue=|date=1920 |page=78|access-date=2025-03-09}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll2/id/8238|The First Frame House in California Built at Monterey in 1849]
* [https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb7852244b#:~:text=Allen%20House.%20First%20frame%20house%20in%20California%20at%20Monterey%20near%20Pacific%20Grove%2C%20Cal. Allen House. First frame house in California at Monterey near Pacific Grove, California]
* [https://historysanjose.pastperfectonline.com/photo/8AAAF483-BF7C-4351-B400-411065101015 First lumber building in California]

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[[Category:Monterey County, California]]
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