Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA
Summary
Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in the 1850s with the immigration of Chinese nationals seeking gold.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-733
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N896
Survey number: HABS CA-1452
Building/structure dates: 1874 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1956-1957 Subsequent Work
Nothing Found.
Tags
taoist temples
wooden buildings
immigrants
gold rushes
chinese americans
restoration process
houses
narthexes
naves
altars
balloon frames
gable roofs
hip roofs
shed roofs
rafters
mortise and tenon joints
friezes ornamental bands
locust trees
asian americans
weaverville calif
weaverville
joss
house
weaverville joss house
oregon
oregon street
trinity
trinity county
california
jennifer baldwin
jack boucher
paul davidson
kathryn falwell
ah fong
michael gibble
historic american buildings survey
moon lee
amanda mcginnis
virginia barrett price
mark schara
roger sturtevant
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
ornament
library of congress
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Lee, Moon
Fong, Ah
Baldwin, Jennifer L, transmitter
Cardwell, Kenneth H, field team
Aoki, Alan, field team
Dixon, Jon, field team
Hale, Kelley, field team
Heynen, Robert, field team
Tonnemacher, Dan, field team
Uhte, Robert F, project manager
Schara, Mark, project manager
Price, Virginia Barrett, transmitter
Martin, Mary Kile, photographer
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Location
Weaverville (Calif.)
,
40.73192, -122.96226
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html