What you'll find at Del Monte Square

Fun Facts


  • THE CANNERY'S original structure was built in 1907 as a fruit and vegetable canning plant for the California Fruit Canners Association.
  • THE CANNERY operated as a fruit cannery by the Del Monte Company until 1937.
  • Purchased by Leonard Martin in 1963.
  • THE CANNERY'S CONCOURSE, formerly Del Monte Plant #1's railway platform, is an approximately 13,000 square foot area spanning approximately 260 feet in length with 50 foot openings on the south (Beach Street) and on the north (Jefferson Street).
  • Jack Cannery Bar has a 90-foot oak-paneled long hall and carved fireplace located in the reception area that was originally part of an English manor home called Albyns, built in the 1600s. William Randoph Hearst brought it over to America in the 1920's. When Leonard Martin created The Cannery in the mid-1960, he purchased and assembled this and other historic rooms preserving every detail.
  • The long galleries in English country houses (the same found at Jack Cannery Bar) were built so that the pregnant ladies could do their recommended walking indoors when the weather was bad.
  • Another treasure from the Hearst estate is a magnificent 13th Century Moorish ceiling from the Palacio de Altamira in Toledo, Spain (installed on THE CANNERY'S 3rd floor).
  • There are 130-year-old olive trees in THE CANNERY Courtyard at Del Monte Square.
  • The trademark star-within-a-circle symbol widely associated with THE CANNERY is derived from the exposed ends of the iron tie-bolts used to reinforce the original cannery warehouse.