Architecture

"The Hotel Del Monte was a large resort hotel in Monterey, California from its opening in 1880 until 1942. It was one of the finest luxury hotels in North America. During World War II, it closed and the building was leased to the Navy. The Hotel Del Monte was requisitioned by the Navy at the beginning of World War II and used as a pre-flight training school. In 1947, the U.S. Navy purchased the hotel and its surrounding 627 acres for $2.5 million. In 1951 the United States Naval Academy's postgraduate school moved from Annapolis, Maryland, to its new location--the former Hotel del Monte. The hotel is now Herrmann Hall, the central building of the Naval Postgraduate School."
A long day of meetings with a brief break for lunch to appreciate the architecture.