OLDEST GURDWARA IN NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT (1912),
ALSO KNOWN as "GADRI BABEYA DA GURDWARA"
Gurdwara Sahib, Stockton, CA
The first gurdwara in America, at Stockton, California. This was also called, "Gadari Babeyan da Gurdwara"—(the gurdwara founded by the members of the Hindustan Gadar Party.) Both these factors make it unique.
The oldest existing Sikh gurdwara in both the US and Canada was founded in 1912 and despite the fact that there are bigger gurdwaras, it has retained its pre-eminence in the religious history of North American Sikhs. Whenever there is a reference to the immigration of Sikh to these shores, a reference is always made to the Stockton gurdwara.
I have been there twice.
Stockton is also called the trucker's city of Punjabi's. Most of the Punjabi Truck owners are located here coz of stockton truck port.