Mariposa County Points of Interest

Sun Sun Wo Co. in Coulterville 18 April 2008
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Sun Sun Wo Co.
Chinatown Main Street and Kow Street
Coulterville
Built 1851

The marker by the door reads:

Sun Sun Wo Co.
Est. 1851
Chinetown Grocery - Coulterville, Ca.

One of the earlier Gold Rush buildings, and one of the last adobe structures left, this general store was established and operated by the Chinese from 1851 until 1926.

Named after it's original owners Mow Da Sun and his son, Sun Kow, this store was a major business in the area eventually branching out to Red Cloud about ten miles north-east of here.

The original shelves and counters are still in the store, and there is evidence that part of the office was used as an opium den.

A dirt ceiling and the fireproof walls spared the building from the fires that razed this town.

Dedicated April 1, 1989-4687-5994
Matuca Chapter 1849 E Clampus Vitus
Credo Quia Absurdum

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Casa de la Guerra in Santa Barbara
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Dana Adobe in Nipomo
Don Fernando Pacheco Adobe in Concord
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Fremont Adobe in Monterey
French Consulate in Monterey
General Sherman's Quarters in Monterey

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Hastings Adobe near Collinsville

Hill-Carrillo Adobe in Santa Barbara
House of Four Winds in Monterey
Ide Adobe in Red Bluff
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Juarez Adobe in Napa

Kottinger Adobe Barn in Pleasanton
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Merritt Adobe in Monterey
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Old Adobe Barn in La Grange
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Peña Adobe near Vacaville
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Plaza Hall in San Juan Bautista

Plaza Hotel in San Juan Bautista
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Ray Adobe in Sonoma
Reading Adobe Site near Cottonwood
Roberto-Suñol Adobe in San Jose
Robert Louis Stevenson House in Monterey

Shafer House in Moab, Utah
Sobranes Adobe in Monterey
Sonoma Barracks in Sonoma
Stokes Adobe in Monterey
Stone and Kelsey Adobe Site in Kelseyville
Sugg House in Sonora
Sun Sub Wo Co. in Coulterville

Sutter's Fort Adobe in Sacramento
Swift Adobe Site near Orland
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The Fort in Taft
Trussell-Winchester Adobe in Santa Barbara

Vallejo Adobe in Sonoma
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