Old Custom House (Monterey, California)

	Old Custom House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	California Historical Landmark No. 1
	Location in the Monterey Peninsula
Location	Monterey, California
Coordinates	36°36′11.7″N 121°53′36.8″W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1827
Architectural style	Spanish Colonial Adobe
NRHP reference No.	66000217
CHISL No.	1
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	December 19, 1960
Designated CHISL	June 1, 1932

The Old Custom House (Spanish: Antigua Aduana) is the oldest surviving government building in California, built in 1827 by Mexican authorities in Monterey, then the capital of Alta California. The former custom house is the first designated California Historical Landmark, marking the site where U.S. Commodore John Drake Sloat raised the American flag and declared California part of the United States in 1846 during the American Conquest of California.

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