- Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum
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Kam Wah Chung Heritage Site 
Kam Wah Chung building
Type Public, state Location Grant County, Oregon Nearest city John Day, Coordinates 44°25′07″N 118°57′25″W / 44.4186111°N 118.9568611°WCoordinates: 44°25′07″N 118°57′25″W / 44.4186111°N 118.9568611°W Operated by Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Kam Wah Chung Company BuildingBuilt: 1866 NRHP Reference#: 73001575 Significant dates Added to NRHP: March 20, 1973[1] Designated NHL: September 20, 2005[2] The Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum, also known as Kam Wah Chung Company Building, is a state park and 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 Guangdong.
The 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 1940s.
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.[2][3]
See also
- List of Oregon state parks
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Oregon
- List of Registered Historic Places in Oregon
References
- ^ "Kam Wah Chung Company Building" (Nomination Form). National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/73001575.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
- ^ a b "Kam Wah Chung Company Building" (Statement of Significance). National Historic Landmarks Program, National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-1410718254&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
- ^ "Kam Wah Chung Company Building" (Registration From). National Historic Landmarks Program, National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/73001575.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
- Barlow, Jeffrey; Christine Richardson (1979). China Doctor of John Day. Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort. ISBN 0832303461.
- "Kam Wah Chung". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Portland State University. http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/entry/view/kam_wah_chung/. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
External links
- "Kam Wah Chung Heritage Site". Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_8.php. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
- "Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum". Oregon State Parks Trust. http://www.oregonstateparkstrust.org/OurWork/EasternOR/kamwahchung. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
- "Kam Wah Chung Company building". Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/asia/2005/kam.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
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