The "little red house" is home to Miss Trawick's Garden Shop and the Red House Cafe. Located at the corner of Lighthouse Avenue and 19th Street, this local landmark has been preserved and serves as a piece of history for Downtown Pacific Grove.

Originally built in 1895 on the corner of Lighthouse and 17th Street, it was soon moved to its current location, and there it has stood the test of time. The property was restored to its original condition in 1995. The main part of the house is home to the "Red House Cafe," and Miss Trawick's Garden Shop utilizes the original carriage house and existing garden areas.

While today the post office is next door to the red house (it was built in 1938), when the house first arrived at 19th Street it sat next to a large lot that had once been the home and garden of Methodist Bishop William Taylor. The large eucalyptus trees that still tower over the block were planted in about 1880 by Taylor from gum nuts he brought from Australia. He is sometime credited with being the first person to plant eucalyptus trees in California.

Left: William Taylor and his family stand between small eucalyptus trees in front of their salt-box home -- once on the site of the Pacific Grove Post Office, on Lighthouse Avenue between Congress Avenue & 19th Street. Photo c. 1890, courtesy of the Pat Hathaway Collection. Right: William Taylor (1821-1902).

Some of the eucalyptus trees in the foreground of the Taylor house
photo have grown into the giants towering near the red house today.

Ask anyone in town "where is the little red house," and a short stroll later there you will find Miss Trawick's Garden Shop. Stop by and say Hello!