Weber Point Home Weber Point Events Center | |
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Location | Weber Point Event Center 221 N. Center Street, Stockton, California |
Coordinates | 37°57′50″N 121°16′41″W / 37.964°N 121.278°W |
Built | 1850 |
Architect | Carlos Maria Weber |
Architectural style(s) | Adobe Monterey Colonial |
Designated | January 11, 1935 |
Reference no. | 165 |
Weber Point Home is a historical site in Stockton, California in San Joaquin County. The site of the former Weber Point Home is a California Historical Landmark No. 165, listed on January 11, 1935. The Weber Point Home was a built by Captain Charles M. Weber, founder of Stockton. Weber was pioneer of California and built a two-story adobe-and-redwood house in 1850. At the time it was the largest house in Stockton. The house was built on the east end of the Stockton Channel. The house was surrounded by landscaped gardens built for his new wife Helen Murphy. Weber lived in the house till his death in 1881. The house was located on Center Street between Channel and Miner Street in Stockton. The Weber Point House was destroyed in a fire in 1917. The Weber Point House was the center of the 8,747 acre Mexican land grant Rancho Campo de los Franceses. The Rancho owned present day Stockton and lands south and east, most of the current San Joaquin County.[1][2]