3/25/2016
3/25/2016
Landmark information
- Location:
800 Palm St at Chorro St, San Luis Obispo - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
4/1/1997 - Date Most Recently Visited:
3/25/2016 - GPS Coordinates:
N 35 16.892, W 120 39.855 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Site of Ah Louis Store
Here in 1874 was established Ah Louis' store. The first Chinese store in the county, it sold general merchandise and herbs and served as a bank, counting house, and post office for the numerous Chinese coolies who dug the eight tunnels through the mountains of Cuesta for the Southern Pacific Railroad, 1884 to 1894.