Tong House
Item
Dublin Core
Title
Tong House
Subject
Building, wooden
Museum buildings
Frontier and pioneer life
Foreign workers, Chinese
Historic buildings
Description
Photo of the Tong House building from the South Park City Museum in Fairplay, item description from the Museum states "A Chinese Tong House is correct for this area. Chinese did placer mining on river immediately behind Stage Stop, Stage Barn, Star Livery Stable. There was racial discrimination in those days. Chinese had to live across river and this Tong House is located at only place in Fairplay the Chinese were permitted to come. Chinese Tong members received daily work assignments here. China Mary had laundry, and was the only Chinese to live, in town."
Source: South Park City Museum, Deits Bros. 119 E. Pikes Peak Colorado Springs, Colo.
Source: South Park City Museum, Deits Bros. 119 E. Pikes Peak Colorado Springs, Colo.
Type
Image
Is Part Of
Park County Local History Archive Photographic Collection
Identifier
ph004501
Format
Image/jpeg
Relation
Park County Local History Archives
Source
Black-and-white photographs
Park County Local History Archive Photographic Collection
South Park City Digital Donations folder
item no. 4501
Date
1959
Coverage
Colorado (state)
Park (county)
Fairplay (inhabited place)
Citation
“Tong House,” Park County Local History Digital Archive, accessed April 2, 2025, https://pclha.cvlcollections.org/items/show/1853.