Wong K. Gew Mansion
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| Location | 345 W. Clay St., Stockton, California |
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| Coordinates | 37°56′21″N 121°17′29″W / 37.93917°N 121.29139°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1921 |
| Architect | Losekann & Clowdsley |
| Architectural style | Federal Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000761[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 20, 1978 |
The Wong K. Gew Mansion is a historic house located at 345 W. Clay St. in Stockton. The mansion was the home of Wong K. Gew, a Chinese immigrant and a successful gambler and proprietor of gaming houses. When Wong built his home in 1921, anti-Asian laws required that he build his home south of Main Street. The mansion was designed by Losekann and Clowdsley in a mainly Federal Revival style typical of large houses of the era. The design included a veranda and a second-floor balcony on the front of the house, boxed cornices with brackets and friezes on the eaves and walls, and three gabled dormers; the interior of the house includes a fireplace with a $2,200 Yum Nan marble mantle.[2]
The Wong K. Gew Mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 1978.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Hurtado, Albert (November 22, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Wong K. Gew Mansion". National Park Service. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
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- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in California
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