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Dylan Yeats 解密1800-1905华人抗争排华法案历史
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The Chinese Consulate and Chinese Mission, 26 West 9th Street
Chinese Mission at 26 West 9th Street, 1904 Sanborn Map. Image courtesy of NYPL Digital Collections.
1902成了许芹教会包括Chinese Young Men’s Christian Association
3，4层学生宿舍
Around 1885, the Chinese Consulate, which was involved in activist efforts to protect the civil rights of Chinese Americans,
operated out of 26 West 9th Street.
In 1902, the Consulate moved to another office on lower Broadway, and Huie Kin,
a prominent Chinese American missionary, moved his family and his Chinese Mission from 14 University Place into this building.
By this time, 26 West 9th Street also housed the headquarters of the Chinese Young Men’s Christian Association.
The Kin family then turned the third and fourth floors into lodging for Chinese students who were unable to find rooms
elsewhere due to discriminatory renting practices throughout the city.
The building housing the Chinese Consulate was demolished and in 1923 replaced with the apartment building now located on the site.
The Chinese Guild, 23 St. Mark’s Place
The Chinese Guild was founded in 1889 at 23 St. Mark’s Place. Though it was formed in partnership with St. Bartholomew’s Church at Madison Avenue and 44th Street, the Guild served primarily as a secular social welfare and legal advocacy organization for the city’s Chinese American community. Membership cost $2 to join and $1 for every additional year. Guy Maine, formerly a Chinese tea merchant, served as the organization’s superintendent. The Guild included up to 600 members, many of whom worked as laundrymen and faced frequent discrimination in their daily lives.
The Guild organized a choir, Sunday school, and English lessons for its members, as well as assistance with rental negotiations and legal documentation. It also offered support for individuals contacting doctors, lawyers, and police. In 1891, Guy Maine was involved in 217 court cases regarding crimes committed against the Guild’s members, most of which involved assaults-and-batteries and broken laundry windows. “The Master Laundrymen’s Association,” a group of white steam-laundry owners threatened by the competition of Chinese laundries, would launch frequent attacks on businesses owned by Chinese Americans, vandalizing their storefronts. As a result, insurance companies would not cover damage to plate glass used in Chinese American businesses. In a 1901 report, Maine requested that the Guild be made a corporation, giving it the legal right to protect its members. At this time, the building at 23 St. Mark’s Place included a library, music room, dining room, smoking room, gymnasium, and several bedrooms. It was open all day from 9am until 10pm.
By 1898, The Chinese Guild had moved to the 9th floor of the new St. Bartholomew’s Parish House on East 42nd Street. 23 St. Mark’s Place survives today, albeit in highly altered form.
