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Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum

About Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum

The Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum, also known as Kam Wah Chung Company Building, is a state park and a National Historic Landmark that preserves early Chinese culture in John Day in the U.S. state of Oregon. Built in the 1865 by George Hazeltine as a supply depot or stagecoach stop along the Dalles-Canyon City wagon road., it is the best-preserved example of a Chinese herbal apothecary and mercantile establishment dating to the post-Civil War period of growth in the Western United States.

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Founded
1866

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Photos of Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum

  1. Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum, John Day01John DayGary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · Attribution
  2. Inside Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum02Inside Kam Wah Chung & Co. MuseumIan Poellet · CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. Kamwahchung03KamwahchungFinetooth · CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. Kam Wah Chung general store 1 - John Day Oregon04Kam Wah Chung general store 1 - John Day OregonIan Poellet · CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. Kam Wah Chung apothecary window - John Day Oregon05Kam Wah Chung apothecary window - John Day OregonIan Poellet · CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. Kam Wah Chung bedroom - John Day Oregon06Kam Wah Chung bedroom - John Day OregonIan Poellet · CC BY-SA 3.0

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