Las Tiendas Building, Commercial building in downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea, United States

Las Tiendas Building is a two-story Spanish Eclectic commercial building at Ocean Avenue and San Carlos Street in Carmel-by-the-Sea. It has a low-pitched Mission tile roof with three chimneys, a low base of colorful Spanish tiles, archways, and a wooden Monterey-style balcony. Two stores face Ocean Avenue, four offices are upstairs, and a passageway leads to the Carmel Coffee House. The concrete stairs to the second floor retain original hand-made imported Spanish tiles on the risers, and hand-forged wrought iron balconies and window rails decorate the facade.

Las Tiendas Building was built in 1930 by contractor Michael J. Murphy for Ray C. De Yoe, a Carmel realtor and California State Assembly member for the 48th district from 1929 to 1931. The design came from the Fresno firm Swartz & Ryland, and the city registered the building with the California Register of Historical Resources on February 15, 2003.

The name "Las Tiendas" is Spanish for "The Stores", matching the two shops that face Ocean Avenue. Above them are four offices reached by concrete stairs whose risers keep the original hand-made Spanish tiles imported for the 1930 build. The name is stencilled over the front entry.

Las Tiendas Building stands on Ocean Avenue at San Carlos Street, with its main passageway leading to the Carmel Coffee House courtyard, where outdoor seating is available. The concrete stairs to the four upstairs offices keep their original hand-made imported Spanish tiles on the risers.

Ray De Yoe, the state assemblyman and Carmel Realty Company president who commissioned the building, died in Carmel on September 25, 1933, at 57, from an infection that began when he scratched his finger on a rose bush.