Harry Ashland Greene was born in San Francisco in 1852 and worked in San Francisco as a broker on the stock exchange. In 1886 moved to Monterey, where he was active in real estate, owned several hotels (Hotel San Carlos, Hotel Monterey), was involved in Monterey & Fresno Railroad and the Monterey & Pacific Grove Street Railroad, Bank of Monterey. Married Arabella Little. Died in 1933.
