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Wong K. Gew Mansion

Coordinates: 37°56′21″N 121°17′29″W / 37.93917°N 121.29139°W / 37.93917; -121.29139
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Wong K. Gew Mansion
Wong K. Gew Mansion is located in California
Wong K. Gew Mansion
Wong K. Gew Mansion is located in the United States
Wong K. Gew Mansion
Location345 W. Clay St., Stockton, California
Coordinates37°56′21″N 121°17′29″W / 37.93917°N 121.29139°W / 37.93917; -121.29139
Arealess than one acre
Built1921 (1921)
ArchitectLosekann & Clowdsley
Architectural styleFederal Revival
NRHP reference No.78000761[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Hurtado, Albert (November 22, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Wong K. Gew Mansion". National Park Service. Retrieved April 9, 2013.