The fresh, bright red paint on this small, unassuming green-trimmed house attracted me immediately. It would be easy to just walk by unless you look carefully at the bronze plaque in the sidewalk and the Chinese lettering over the recessed doorway. It was locked the day I visited but peering in the window I could see a beautiful, fully functioning...
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Temple of Kwan Tai
45160 Albion St, Mendocino, CA 95460
707-937-5123
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Ranked #12 of 12 attractions in Mendocino
Description: Built in 1854, this is believed to be rural California's oldest Taoist temple.
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It is open intermittently but worth the visit. There were many Chinese workers in the early logging days and they built this temple which is maintained by relatives of the original settlers.
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Approaching Mendocino from the South, a fleck of Chinese red stands out against the Victorian landscape. A westward stroll along Albion Street brings one to the source, the brilliantly painted red and green Taoist Temple of Kwan Tai. Preserved by the descendants of early Chinese immigrants, the historic Temple provides some of the last surviving evidence of a Chinese community...
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