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1/26/2019 �ional Register#72000252:Locke House and Barn*ckeford,California <br /> NoeHill Travels in California <br /> Horde San Francisco California West World Site Map Search Contact Us <br /> National Register of Historic Places in San Joaquin County <br /> r National Register#72000252 <br /> Locke House and Barn <br /> � , 19960 North Elliott Road <br /> 04 <br /> Lockeford <br /> S t j Barn Built 1852 <br /> House Built 1858 <br /> Water Tower Built 1887 <br /> r The Locke property consists mainly of a <br /> large three story brick home and an adobe <br /> "` ry barn having a brick facade. <br /> Dean Jewett Locke, its owner and builder <br /> 17 February 2007 was born in 1820, and came to California <br /> (Click Photo to Zoom) as part of the Boston-Newton Stock <br /> Company in 1849. Although a Harvard <br /> graduate and medical doctor by <br /> profession, Locke became extremely <br /> influential as a farmer-rancher. Returning <br /> to Massachusetts, he married Delia <br /> Hammond bringing her west via the <br /> Isthmus of Panama. <br /> During the early days of his arrival, Locke <br /> and a brother, Elmer, engaged in selling <br /> garden varieties to miners in the Mother <br /> Lode. Subsequently, Locke served as the <br /> local doctor as well as a rancher until his <br /> death in 1887. His family consisted of <br /> thirteen sons and daughters -the property <br /> ultimately being deeded to the 13th child. <br /> The barn was used as an armory by the <br /> Mokelumne Light Brigade, a local militia, <br /> called to active duty during the Civil War. It <br /> was also a meeting hall for the Sons of <br /> Temperance and the Congregationalist <br /> Church. <br /> hftps:Hnoehill.com/sanjoaquin/natl972000252.asp 1/4 <br />