Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum
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| Kam Wah Chung Company Building | |
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| (U.S. National Historic Landmark) | |
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| Location: | John Day, Grant County, Oregon |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1866 |
| Designated as NHL: | September 20, 2005[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | March 20, 1973[2] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 73001575 |
| Governing body: | Oregon Parks and Recreation Department |
The Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum, also known as Kam Wah Chung Company Building, is a National Historic Landmark in John Day, Oregon that preserves early Chinese culture in Oregon. First built in 1876 as a trading post along the Dalles Military Road it later became the center of the Chinese community in John Day as a store and apothecary run by Ing Hay (known also as "Doc Hay") and Lung On, Chinese immigrants from Kwangtung.
This seven story building remained abandoned after Ing Hay died in 1952. He asked that the building be deeded to the city of John Day with the provision it be turned into a museum. His wish, and the ownership of the building, were forgotten until 1967. While surveying for a new park the city discovered its ownership of the building and began to restore it as it was in the 1940's.
Today the Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum contains one of the most extensive collections of materials from the century-long influx of Chinese immigrants in the American West. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and designated a National Historic Landmark by the Secretary of the Interior in 2005.[1][3]
[edit] See also
- List of Oregon state parks
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Oregon
- List of Registered Historic Places in Oregon
[edit] References
- Barlow, Jeffrey & Richardson, Christine (1979), China Doctor of John Day, Portland: Binford & Mort, ISBN 0-8323-0346-1
- ^ a b Kam Wah Chung Company Building. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-11-19.
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ Sally Donovan and Sarah Griffith (September, 2005), National Historic Landmark Nomination: Kam Wah Chung Company Building / Kam Wah Chung MuseumPDF (175 KiB), National Park Service
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