Stone Homes is a family owned and run business with deep roots in the Stockton area. Currently, Stone Homes is in its third generation of building quality homes with an emphasis on fitting the needs of your family. The Stone tradition of building quality homes began in 1948 when Merrill Stone started building homes. He also developed a strong reputation with commercial construction while partnered with Stone Bros. specifically, the Sherwood Mall, Sherwood Corners, Sherwood Executive Center, and many apartment complexes.

Merrill’s oldest son Gary started working for his father at age 12 and in 1965 started working for a major builder in the Bay Area, managing construction on numerous projects. By 1973, Gary had started building on his own. In North Stockton, he has built all of the Stonewood subdivisions and has built in Spanos East and Spanos West, which have built up a great reputation for quality and affordability. Along with the thousands of homes that Gary has built, he also built several other projects of interest, including several electronics and communications warehouses for the Marines at their top training facility in Twentynine Palms, CA. He has also built a couple of churches and Ox-Bow Marina on the San Joaquin River Delta. The projects that Gary has built give him a wide range of experience, but of course, new home construction has always been his forte.

Throughout the past few years, Stone Homes has worked hard to assemble the best possible assortment of subcontractors to perform the construction of our homes. Many of these companies have returned to work for Stone Homes due to the good relationships they have maintained with the Stone family for many years. We feel it is very important to hire quality workers and form strong bonds to ensure loyalty and a higher level of quality in our construction. We are constantly striving to improve and expand our capabilities and better serve those whose houses we build, and we feel that moral character and straight forth business is very important. We want to be able to help families fulfill their dreams of owning a new home where they can create many happy memories together.

A note of interest: Though the building tradition stopped during one generation before Merrill Stone, the Stone family tradition of building homes can actually be traced as far back as 1886.