Weber Point

Charles Weber watched the river from here. His 1850 house of adobe and redwood stood where the Stockton Channel ends, and the city's 1973 plaque says he used its tower to follow the riverboats working up from the San Joaquin. He had bought the whole Rancho del Campo de los Franceses and named his gold-rush town for Commodore Robert Stockton. The house burned in 1917. Excavators uncovered its remains in 1999 while clearing ground for the Weber Point Events Center, whose gate pillars now carry both plaques.

What the plaque says

The Weber Home - 1850 The residence of Captain Charles M. Weber, who founded Stockton in 1849, was located 450 feet west of this monument. The tower was often used by Weber to watch riverboats navigating the San Joaquin River and Stockton Channel. In 1917 the house was destroyed by fire. The home site was part of El Rancho del Campo de los Franceses, Weber's 48,747 acre Mexican land grant. This included most of the present site of Stockton and extended south and east encompassing the heart of San Joaquin County. Stockton Historical Landmark No. 13 Designated by the Stockton City Council 1973 Weber Point Site of a two-story adobe and redwood home built by Charles M. Weber, founder and pioneer developer of Stockton. One of the first elaborate residences and landscaped gardens in the San Joaquin Valley. Completed in 1850, it remained Captain Weber's home until his death in 1881. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 165 Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Stockton City Council and Cultural Heritage Board. July 10, 1976

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Lindsay Point — steps away
• Stockton Developmental Center — 0.7 mi
• John Brown (California's Paul Revere) — 0.8 mi
• Temple Israel Cemetery — 1.0 mi