Chinatown House
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| Chinatown House | |
|---|---|
  Location of Chinatown House in California | |
| Built | 1919 |
The Chinatown House is an historic building in Rancho Cucamonga, California. It is one of the last surviving examples of historic Chinese worker housing in the region.
Built in 1919, the two-story brick building once housed 50 Chinese American laborers.[1] It also served as a general store for the community.[2]
The Chinese American population of the region first blossomed in the 1880s. A fire destroyed much of the community in 1919.[3] The Chinatown House was built shortly after the fire.
Structure
The Chinatown House was built of unreinforced brick masonry, with 10 small rooms downstairs and two long rooms upstairs.[4]
