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One of 36 National Register listings published here for San Joaquin County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Farmer's and Merchant's Bank
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1913.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 11 S. San Joaquin St., Stockton, 95202
- When was it listed? October 1980
- Category. building
- Census division. Stockton
- Architect. George W. Kelham
- National Register reference number. 80000850 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
857 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 857 fires within 5 miles of Farmer's and Merchant's Bank between 2002 and 2019, burning about 525 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 770 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Farmer's and Merchant's Bank: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Joaquin Brick Plant | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Stockton Brick & Tile Co. | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Unknown |
Storms near this property
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stockton, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 4 flood, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Flood | Stockton | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding in the westbound lanes of Cherokee Road and Sanguinetti Lane. |
| February 2026 | Flood | Stockton | - | California Highway Patrol reported flooding in the slow lane. |
| February 2024 | Flood | Stockton | - | California Highway of Patrol reports the Alpine Ave on-ramp to I-5 N is flooded. |
| January 2024 | Flood | Stockton | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding from heavy rain. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Stockton | - | The public reported hail with hail stones up to an inch in Stockton. Time was estimated from radar. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Stockton | - | There were numerous reports of roadway flooding in Stockton due to heavy rain and large amounts of small accumulating hail on May 19th. Law enforcement reported March Lane and Quail Lakes being shut down along with Hammer Lane between Lorraine Ave and Girardi Way due to flooding. |
| March 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Stockton | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Stockton | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Stockton | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
9 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1913 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Stockton West quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Stockton West quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1989 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fox California Theater | under 500 feet | 1979 |
 | Stockton Savings and Loan Society Bank | under 500 feet | 1978 |
 | Tretheway Block | 0.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Hotel Stockton | 0.1 miles | 1981 |
 | Commercial and Savings Bank | 0.2 miles | 1980 |
 | Nippon Hospital | 0.3 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80000850 in Record Group 79. |
| San Joaquin County | All 36 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.