Historic California Posts, Camps, Stations and Airfields

Stockton California Street Armory

by SGM Dan Sebby

Military Historian, California Military Department

 

 

 

A 15 March 1930 architechural rendering of the Stockton California Street Armory.

This armory was built in 1930 and was located at 1420 North California Street in Stockton. It had a strong relationship with the 143rd Field Artillery Regiment and related units. Before World War II, the following units were posted at the California Street Armory:

• Headquarters, 143rd Field Artillery Regiment (Note: The Headquarters Battery was located in Oakland and not with the headquarters as is the standard practice.)
• Medical Department Detachment, 143rd Field Artillery Regiment.
• Headquarters, Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, 2nd Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery Regiment.
• Medical Department Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery Regiment.

During the Second World War, the armory was garrisoned by the California State Guard's Company A, 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment.

Following the war, the armory was home to the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 49th Infantry Division Artillery (1947-1968) and the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 143rd Field Artillery Group (1968-1974)
It is believed that the armory was vacated in 1974 and was eventually razed.

 

 

Company A, 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment, Caliornia State Guard, 21 January 1945

 

 

A late 1940's image of the Stockton California Street Armory, then the home of the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 49th Infantry Division Artillery.

 

 

 

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Written and posted 19 September 2021