Wing Luke Museum Opens Reserved Tours of the Eng Family Home, a 1937 Chinese American House in Seattle
SEATTLE, Wash. — The Wing Luke Museum in Seattle's Chinatown-International District has opened the Eng Family Home to reserved public tours starting October 29, the museum announced.
The one-story house at 611 8th Ave S was built in 1937 by the family of Sun King Eng, who owned and lived in it for more than 80 years; it is among the district's most intact and best-preserved historic family homes. Eng founded and ran the Min Hing Knitting Company, and the family went on to operate the Eng Grocery, the Gold Star Cafe and Kim's Laundry, earning a living in Seattle during the Great Depression while sending remittances to relatives in Guangdong. A bean sprout business once operated out of the basement — a window into how early Chinese American families survived and built businesses in the era of the Chinese Exclusion Act and housing discrimination.
The Wing Luke Museum acquired the house in 2021 for $1.8 million and presents it as an immersive exhibit of one Chinese American family's life in the early-20th-century Chinatown-International District. Tours are by reservation: $30 for adults and $25 for seniors, with member preview discounts, bookable through the museum's website or by phone.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：Wing Luke Museum 03。Joe Mabel 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Wing Luke Museum 03. By Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
