Corvallis Chinatown. Benton County.
Corvallis Chinatown was centered on today’s SW
Second Street and SW Jefferson Avenue in the town
of Corvallis by at least 1880. At that time, there were four Chinese laundries
in operation. By the 1880's, Chinatown was the home of clerks, railroad and
construction workers, and business men. The business directories listed six
Chinese stores: Hong Wah Company, Hop Sing Company, Wing Yet Company, Hop Sang
and Company, Hop Wa, and Hop Gee. There were only five residents remaining in
1910 with the entire Chinatown destroyed by fire in the 1920's. Corvallis
Chinatown is within the boundaries of Avery-Helm Historic District. Reference:
Benton County Historical Society and Museum; “Chinese Americans in Corvallis
n.d.”; Miller 2009; National Register of Historic Places Listings in Benton
County, Oregon 2009; Sojourners in Corvallis.
References
Benton County Historical Society and Museum. 1867-1932
Business Directories.
http://www.bentoncountymuseum.org/ Accessed July
4, 2014.
“Chinese Americans in Corvallis n.d.”
Corvallis Community Pages. http://www.corvalliscommunitypages.com/ Accessed
November 23, 2010.
Miller, Marilee. 2009. “The Corvallis Gazette,
Corvallis, Oregon.” Coos County and Oregon History.
http://coquillevalley.org/ Accessed November
29, 2010.
National Register of Historic Places Listings
in Benton County, Oregon. 2009.
http://en.wikipedia.org/ Accessed November 30, 2010.
Sojourners in Corvallis: Early Chinese Importance in Corvallis, Oregon.
http://www.youtube.com/ Accessed August 4, 2014.