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Stockton, Whatley, Davin & Co. (SWD) was one of the largest mortgage banking, real estate and insurance firms in the Southeast of the United States. It was founded in 1884 as the property management Telfair Stockton Company [ 1 ] and operated until 1983 when it was broken up by its new owner Phillips Petroleum Company .
First Sikh temple in the United States, built in Stockton in 1912 (photo taken in 1997) Gurdwara Sahib Stockton is a gurdwara located in the city of Stockton, California. It is notable for being the first Sikh house of worship in the United States. [1] The Pacific Coast Khalsa Diwan Society founded the gurdwara in 1912.
The Wong K. Gew Mansion is a historic house located at 345 W. Clay St. in Stockton. The mansion was the home of Wong K. Gew, a Chinese immigrant and a successful gambler and proprietor of gaming houses. When Wong built his home in 1921, anti-Asian laws required that he build his home south of Main Street.
Real estate in Stockton more than tripled in value between 1998 and 2005, but when the bubble burst in 2007, the ensuing financial crisis made Stockton one of the hardest-hit cities in United States. [46] Stockton housing prices fell 39% in the 2008 fiscal year, and the city had the country's highest foreclosure rate (9.5%) as well. Stockton ...
In October 1946 Stockton AAF was declared surplus. As 1,044.18 acres were in the process of being transferred to the War Assets Administration for disposal, 71.36 acres, consisting of a major portion of the former cantonment area including housing, storage facilities, and a sewage disposal plant, were leased to U.S. Army's Stockton General Depot located to the south in nearby Lathrop.
Designed by Glen Allen, whose firm is also known for Goold and John's Tudor Flats (1924) at 938-944 North Sutter Street, Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium (1924), First Church of Christ Scientist (1928), and the Jewish Community Center (1928). The building was added to the city register by resolution number 86–0294 on May 19, 1986.
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 ...
The Record was first published by Irving Martin on April 7, 1895. [1] Speidel Newspapers, Inc. bought the newspaper from the Martin family in 1969. [2] The company merged with the Gannett Company in 1977 [3] [4] and sold The Record to the Omaha World-Herald Company in 1994. [5]