Robert Louis Stevenson House

The Stevenson House, is a historic two-story Spanish Colonial style building located at 530 Houston Street in Monterey, California.

The Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson lived there in 1879, writing and courting his future wife.

[3] The original adobe was built circa 1836 by Don Rafael Gonzalez, who was the customs administrator at the Port of Monterey.

Stevenson lived there while recovering from Ill health as he was crossing the United States to court his future wife Fanny Osbourne.

It was at the hotel that Stevenson wrote The Amateur Emigrant; The Pavilion on the Links; Prince Otto; essays on Henry David Thoreau and the Japanese reformer Yoshida Torajiro; The Old Pacific Capitol; and inspiration for Treasure Island.

Robert Louis Stevenson House, illustration by Jo Mora .
Robert Louis Stevenson House, Photo by Julian P. Graham .
Stevenson House kiosk provided by Monterey State Historic Park .