Moses Rodgers House is a private home in Stockton, California.
[2] Moses Rodgers was an African American mining engineer who became well-known during the California Gold Rush for his success with the gold mines he owned and operated in Mariposa County.
[4] The Moses Rodgers House is a two-story, clapboard structure, approximately 25 by 40 feet (7.6 m × 12.2 m), with a curved colonial revival porch, and a steep front gable.
The historical marker on the Moses Rodgers House is inscribed One of California’s leading Black citizens built and resided in this home with his wife, Sara, and five daughters until his death in 1900.
Born a slave in Missouri, he participated in the California Gold Rush and earned a statewide reputation as a mining engineer.