581 Scott Street
~1900 Cottage
The Frank Hellam House is named for a prominent Monterey family that has been important to Monterey for over a century. Frank Woodhull Hellam Sr. was born in 1868 in Pontiac, Michigan, the son of John and Fannie Woodhull Hellam Frank Hellam married Amelia Plapp in 1899. They had seven children, Monty, Frank Jr., John, Frances, Anstice, Le Gray, and William R.C.
Together they bought the lot on Scott Street in 1900 and started to build “a handsome cottage”. He moved a one-room, hipped roof cottage from the Hotel Del Monte to the property onto the lot, and his father, a brick mason, constructed the chimney. The front gabled section and kitchen were added at the same time. By 1912, the back porch had been altered with additions. It is unknown when the dormer windows were added, and the attic area was converted to livable space. The Hellams had seven children, and Frank’s father was living in the house as well, so it probably was soon after 1905. The decorative shingles in the gable also indicate an early date.
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