{"nrhp_refnum":"73000445","name":"Old Weber School","other_names":["Weber Primary School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"55 W. Flora St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stockton","county":"San Joaquin County","state":"CA","lat":37.96041984400006,"lon":-121.29450821599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-07-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Old Weber School (also Weber Primary School) is a two-story red brick school building at 55 West Flora Street in Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, built in the early 1870s and dedicated May 12, 1873.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the oldest brick building in Stockton that retains its original appearance and is believed to be the oldest brick urban school with the longest period of use in California. It is a well-preserved example of 1870s American public building architecture and is tied to Captain Charles M. Weber, Stockton's founder, for whom it was named.","narrative":"Old Weber School is a two-story red brick schoolhouse at 55 West Flora Street in Stockton, built in the early 1870s and dedicated on May 12, 1873. It was named for Captain Charles M. Weber, the city's founder, who donated land for many early schools. The building measures about 63 by 50 feet and has a finished basement, with two high-ceilinged classrooms and a teacher's office on each floor. Distinctive features include a wood frame entrance porch with an arched window recalling church design, tall narrow windows, and cast iron ventilators beneath each window. Apart from the removal of the top of the bell tower and some interior partition changes, it remains close to its original form. It is considered the oldest brick building in Stockton retaining its original look, and is believed to be the oldest brick urban school with the longest period of use in California. The city designated it a historical landmark in 1972.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1873)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"American public building architecture of the 1870s, with church-like features","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair; owned by the Stockton Unified School District and described as surplus property. It was still used as a day care center in 1970.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.996976-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/73000445.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000445/9c26a666f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000445/9c26a666f5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Nathan Ahmed","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Weber_School_(front).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Nathan Ahmed</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Weber_School_(front).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861409","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133504898"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-joaquin-county/old-weber-school-73000445/"}