{"nrhp_refnum":"78000763","name":"Rodgers, Moses, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"921 S. San Joaquin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stockton","county":"San Joaquin County","state":"CA","lat":37.94360764400005,"lon":-121.28488258699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Black","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story clapboard house at 921 South San Joaquin Street in Stockton, California, built in 1898 as the home of Moses Rodgers, a Black mining engineer. The builder and architect are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with Moses Rodgers, a prominent Black mining engineer, and with the development of gold mining in California. It is also tied to Stockton's Black community. The form rates its significance as local and rests it on historical association rather than architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1898 at 921 South San Joaquin Street in Stockton, this two-story clapboard house measures about twenty-five by forty feet. It combines a steep front gable, a curved Colonial Revival porch, a central chimney and double-hung sash windows on all four walls. Later changes include a rear shed addition and linoleum and paint covering the original interior woodwork. The house was the home of Moses Rodgers, born a slave in Missouri, who trained as a mining engineer and came to California in 1849 for the Gold Rush. Based at Hornitos in the Mariposa mining district, he gained a reputation that led investors to consult him on claims and stock. He moved his family to Stockton in 1890 to give his five daughters better schooling and built this home eight years later. He also drilled the first successful natural gas well in Stockton. The house stayed in the family until 1971. Weathering has left it deteriorated, though the building is structurally sound.","period_of_significance":"1898","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Simple eclectic vernacular with Colonial Revival porch","criteria":[],"status_note":"Deteriorated from weathering and in need of repair, but described as structurally sound and capable of rehabilitation. The form lists it as occupied private residence, rented.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.21283-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000763.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000763/5779c8b4d7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000763/5779c8b4d7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Michael Aivaliotis","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moses_Rodgers_House_-_Stockton,_CA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Aivaliotis</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:Moses_Rodgers_House_-_Stockton,_CA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861413","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Rodgers_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65122039"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-joaquin-county/rodgers-moses-house-78000763/"}