Chung Mei Home Historic District - El Cerrito, CA
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N 37° 55.544 W 122° 18.804
10S E 560342 N 4197796
The Chung Mei Home Historic District in El Cerrito, CA.
Waymark Code: WMHTWY
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2013
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"The Chung Mei Home Historic District (“the District”) in El Cerrito, California was originally the campus of a residential facility for Chinese boys. The District was built in 1935 as a replacement for an outmoded earlier facility located in Berkeley, California. The District is located on an undulating hillside bordered by Elm Street to the west and by existing residential housing to the north, east, and south. The District consists of a main building, a maintenance building, an art studio, an L-shaped classroom building, a gymnasium, a library/classroom building, playfields, basketball courts, lawn areas, pathways, roads, and trees. From 1935 to 1954, the District served as the Chung Mei Home for Chinese Boys. It provided residential care, guidance, and structure for neglected and abandoned Chinese boys. The District still reflects its institutional design and integrity. LSA Associates of Richmond, California completed a Historical Resources Evaluation of the District in 2007. The evaluation concluded that the District appeared eligible for listing on the California Register of Historical Resources for its association with the Chinese experience in California and the San Francisco Bay Area." (
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