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PERI00 (Check One or More ae APjwl ft) ❑ Pm-Collsehian 1 ❑ 16th Century ❑ lath C.ntury ❑ 20th Can,wy ❑ 15th Cantu,y ❑ 17th Century M 19th Cent., SPECIFIC OATEW (HAM11COide endK-*--w 5 7 – 1852 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Chock Ona ar.Yo,sae APP,op,bte) Abe,i9h.1 ❑ 'Edaaatlon ❑ PPliticai ❑ 'Udw.Plsvdny ❑ Prahisto,ic ❑ E.'I.FNng ❑ Religinn/Phl. ❑ Otha, (oPactb) ,g, ❑ Ntstartc ❑ Induetry Iwophy K] Agriaulnne '❑ h.vent ❑ 5Ptn,ee ❑ #mha.etua ❑ LandaoW ❑ 5elylptum ❑ Art A,chiteature ❑ 50Nol/Nualan- 0 connwce '❑ Lttnmture ito,bn ❑ ColNnuntew$9- ® imilHny ❑ Theoro, ❑ Csloe,vtnien ❑ Music ❑ Tmnsportation eTATEIAENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Locke property, in San Joaquin County, consists mainly of a large Z= story brick home and an adobe barn having a brick facade. n Dean Jewett Locke, its owner and builder was born in 1820, and z came to California as part of the Boston-Newton Stock Company in 1849. O He was an M.D. by profession, though became extremely influential as a farmer-rancher. Returning to Massachusetts, he married Delia ►- Hammond bringing her west via the Isthmus of Panama. u Luring the early days of his arrival, Locke and a brother, Amer, engaged in selling garden varieties to miners in the Mother Lode. Subsequently, the town of Lockeford was establishing nearby and Dr. F- Locke served as a Lockeford M.D. as well as a rancher from thence until to his death. His family consisted of 13 sons and daughters--the property Z ultimately being deeded to the 13th child. The present owner, John w. Thorp of Burbank, Southern California acquired the property from his mother, last of the Locke family to have been born to Dean and Delia w Locke. w ,A The barn associated with the property was used as an armory by the Mokelumne Light Brigade, a local militia, called to active duty during the Civil War. A company of Third Brigade of California Militia, National Guard, was organized September 5, 1863, meeting at C. J. Locke's adobe granary in Lockeford, with C. J. Locke serving as chairman of the organizational meeting. G. C. Holman was elected Captain. D. J. Locke himself is not listed among the 55 men on the company's initial roster. They selected the name Mokelumne Light Brigade. Other than more or less regular meetings, drills and participation in parades, musical programs and other local functions, there is no record of active Civil 'War service as a cavalry company. The Mokelumne Light Dragoons continued to meet at the Locke adobe granary until officially disbanded, August 31, 1867• kThe town of Lockeford (State Registered Landmark Number 365) was 91 ! O aid out on the D. J. Locke ranch and named after the founding family RE EU 1859. The settlement was envisioned as the head of navigation on t Mokelumne River. After 1865, however, river traffic to the mines (continued) � £ 2