Chinese Temple (Oroville Chinese Temple)

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Chinese American cultural heritage site historic temple complex museum

The Chinese Temple in Oroville is a historic 19th-century complex built by Chinese immigrants during the California Gold Rush, now preserved as a museum showcasing Chinese-American religious and cultural heritage.

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Label	Occurrences
Chinese Temple (Oroville Chinese Temple) canonical	1
Chinese Temple (Oroville)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese American cultural heritage site ⓘ historic temple complex ⓘ museum ⓘ
architecturalStyle	traditional Chinese temple architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	California Gold Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtBy	Chinese immigrants ⓘ
CaliforniaHistoricalLandmarkNumber	770 ⓘ
category	Chinese-American culture in California ⓘ Gold Rush era historic sites in California ⓘ Overseas Chinese temples ⓘ Religious museums in California ⓘ
collection	Chinese ceramics ⓘ Chinese furniture ⓘ Chinese opera costumes ⓘ Chinese religious artifacts ⓘ Chinese textiles ⓘ
constructionPeriod	1860s ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
function	preservation of Chinese American history ⓘ
hasPart	Chan Room NERFINISHED ⓘ Council Room ⓘ Moon Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Tapestry Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ display gardens ⓘ
heritage	Chinese American ⓘ
heritageDesignation	California Historical Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
inception	1863 ⓘ
locatedIn	Butte County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Chinatown area of Oroville NERFINISHED ⓘ Oroville, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ wood ⓘ
NRHPListingCategory	religious structure ⓘ
NRHPType	building ⓘ
operator	City of Oroville NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	City of Oroville NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Chinese folk religion ⓘ Confucianism ⓘ Taoism ⓘ
significance	important center of Chinese community life in Oroville during the Gold Rush era ⓘ one of the few remaining 19th-century Chinese temple complexes in the United States ⓘ
tourism	open to the public as a museum ⓘ
use	community gatherings ⓘ museum exhibitions ⓘ religious worship ⓘ

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Oroville → feature → Chinese Temple (Oroville Chinese Temple) ⓘ

City of Oroville, California → hasLandmark → Chinese Temple (Oroville Chinese Temple) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese Temple (Oroville)