Locke House The Locke House began as a small log cabin that housed Dean Locke when he arrived in California but was soon remodeled when he brought his wife, Delia Hammond to live with him on his ranch. This little cabin in the San Joaquin Valley was transformed into a homey frame house. In 1865, it was once again remodeled into a three-story brick house, to contain the growing number of children. The house also had a barn. Other additions were eventually made, such as a water tower in 1881, and another two stories in 1882. With these additions, the house contained twenty-two rooms, and three stories. The house was built in the neo-Georgian style. The Locke House accommodated Locke, his wife, and their thirteen children. It could also house the occasional visitor, relative, or a patient of Dr. Locke’s. At the time of the Civil War, the barn was used by the Mokelumne Light Dragoons as headquarters. The Locke House was restored and renovated by previous owners, the Eklund family, who converted it to The Inn at Locke House. The Eklunds became the first proprietors and innkeepers of the inn. External links http://lockeford.com/history.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070731004303/http://www.theinnatlockehouse.com/about.html http://www.travel-watch.com/lockehouse.htm Diaries of Delia Locke, wife of Lockeford founder Dean Jewett Locke, from 1855-1879 are available online at the University of the Pacific Library Digital Collections. Quinquennial catalogue of the officers and graduates 1636-1930 (Harvard) References 1823 births 1887 deaths Harvard Medical School alumni