Wong K. Gew Mansion

Wong K. Gew Mansion
Location 345 W. Clay St., Stockton, California
Coordinates 37°56′21″N 121°17′29″W / 37.93917°N 121.29139°W / 37.93917; -121.29139Coordinates: 37°56′21″N 121°17′29″W / 37.93917°N 121.29139°W / 37.93917; -121.29139
Area less than one acre
Built 1921 (1921)
Architect Losekann & Clowdsley
Architectural style Federal Revival
NRHP reference # 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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.


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