AKA: Chinese Merchants' Exchange Building, San Francisco, CA

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - office buildings; built works - public buildings - assembly halls

Designers: [unspecified]

Dates: [unspecified]

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729 Sacramento Street
Financial District, San Francisco, CA 94108

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Overview

Racially excluded from San Francisco's main Merchants Exchange Building used by Euro-American businessmen, the Chinese-American community in San Francisco built and operated their own exchange c. 1884.

Building History

A note in the book, Industries of San Francisco, printed in 07/1884, stated: "The rooms of the Chinese Merchants' Exchange, organized by Chinese merchants to promote the interests of trade and commerce, are located at 729 Sacramento Street. Following is the list of officers: Wing Chong Wo & Company, President; Quong Chong Sing & Company, Vice-President; Bow Wing, First Secretary; Hang Far Low, Second Secretary." (See Industries of San Francisco, Fred H. Hackett, ed., [San Francisco: Payot, Upham and Company, 1884], p. 20)

PCAD id: 20334