Napa's China Town / Shuck Chan
Lower Marker:
Napa's China Town
Napa’s China Town was situated on both sides of First Street from this point west to Napa Creek. It occupied the area south of First to the Napa River where the Joss House stood near the juncture of Napa Creek and a narrow wagon road. East of the road were several wood framed houses on stilts and the Lai Hing Co. Additional Chinese houses and the Quong Shew Chang Laundry were on the north side of First Street. The area was abandoned in 1929.
Upper Marker:
Shuck Chan
To honor a leading citizen of Napa. He came here from China in 1898 at the age of three. The owner of Lai Hing Co. He and his wife Lee Kum were the last merchants of Chinatown
Marker is on First Street east of Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
