Venue
Mozart Hall
Southeast corner of Main and Sutter Streets, Stockton, CA
Built: 1870
Charles Dallas, (1814-1883) was born in Scotland, and came to California and Stockton overland in 1849 with his wife and six children. He had a livery stable on Weber Avenue, south side, around the corner from San Joaquin. He sold the stable to George Fox. The year after he came to Stockton, he built a plain one-and-a-half story house on the southeast corner of Main and Sutter. He sold the little red house in 1861 when he moved to Merced County and became a prosperous farmer.
In 1870 the old house was torn down and a two story brick building was built on the site. The second story was known as the Mozart Hall, the social center of the city for twenty years.
The assembly hall was used for balls, parties, musicales, and all popular social functions. All the high-toned balls and parties were held in the hall.
Source:
Stockton Area Pioneers - 1850-1900, Glenn A. Kennedy, Privately Printed, 1992
