{"nrhp_refnum":"80004606","name":"Elks Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"42 N. Sutter St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stockton","county":"San Joaquin County","state":"CA","lat":37.96317524500006,"lon":-121.28567965799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story U-shaped Commercial Style commercial and lodge building at 42 North Sutter Street, on the southeast corner of Weber and Sutter streets in downtown Stockton, California. It was built between 1906 and 1908 and designed by the San Francisco firm Salfield and Kohlberg.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its architecture and its link to Stockton's turn-of-the-century commercial boom. It is noted for its boldly projecting copper cornice, classical detailing and corner position. It was considered one of the city's finest buildings, and its Elks lodge rooms were reported to be among the finest in the country.","narrative":"Rising five stories at the corner of Weber and Sutter streets in downtown Stockton, this U-shaped building was constructed between 1906 and 1908 for the Elks. San Francisco architects Salfield and Kohlberg designed it with a steel and concrete base, heavy timber framing and two-foot-thick brick walls, a combination linked to concerns after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Classical pilasters, granite lintels and a projecting copper cornice mark its street fronts. Ground-floor stores, including the Holden Drug Company, sat below offices and the fourth- and fifth-floor lodge rooms. Contemporary newspapers called it one of Stockton's handsomest buildings, and it cost over $100,000. The entrance was remodeled in the late 1920s in a Moderne tile style, and the copper urns and stained glass dome have been lost. At nomination it was largely vacant, with rehabilitation for offices planned. It is recognized for its architecture and its role in the city's early twentieth-century commercial growth.","period_of_significance":"1906-1908","architect_builder":"Salfield and Kohlberg, Architects","architectural_style":"Commercial Style with classical detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as 90% vacant at the time of nomination, with rehabilitation planned and the building to be leased for office space. The building had been occupied until 1974.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.068373-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/80004606.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004606/f9fd04a7d3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004606/f9fd04a7d3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Michael Aivaliotis","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elks_Building_-_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:Elks_Building_-_Stockton,_CA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861377","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elks_Building_(Stockton,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5364384"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-joaquin-county/elks-building-80004606/"}