Harada House

Harada House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Riverside Landmark #23
Harada House
Location	3356 Lemon Street, Riverside, California
Coordinates	33°59′06″N 117°22′09″W / 33.98500°N 117.36917°WCoordinates: 33°59′06″N 117°22′09″W / 33.98500°N 117.36917°W
Built	1884
Architect	Harp Brothers
Architectural style	No Style Listed
NRHP Reference #	77000325
RIVL #	23
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 15, 1977[1]
Designated NHL	December 14, 1990[2]

The Harada House, built in 1884 and located at 3356 Lemon Street in Riverside, California, became the focus of an important court case testing exclusionary legislation.

The 1916-1918 case of California v. Harada was an early constitutional test of the California Alien Land Law of 1913. At issue was the right of the American-born children of Japanese immigrant Jukichi and Ken Harada to own the house. That right was upheld, setting precedent for related challenges to such laws.

The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1990^[2][3] and is currently overseen by the Riverside Metropolitan Museum.

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  National Historic Landmark plaque in front of the Harada House.

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  Riverside Cultural Heritage Board plaque in front of the Harada House.

See also

Alien land laws

References

1. Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "Harada House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
3. James H. Charleton (May 30, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Harada House" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1990. PDF (209 KB)

• Klotz, Esther H.; Hall, Joan H. (1985). Adobes, Bungalows, and Mansions of Riverside, California (1st ed.). Riverside, CA: Riverside Museum Press. p. 335. ISBN 0-935661-11-5. OCLC 13043980.
• Rawitsch, Mark Howland (2012). The House on Lemon Street: Japanese Pioneers and the American Dream. Boulder, CO: University of Colorado Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-1607321651. OCLC 769429702. OCLC 823715335

Further reading

• Rawitsch, Mark Howland (1983). No Other Place: Japanese American Pioneers in a Southern California Neighborhood. Riverside, CA: University of California, Riverside Department of History. p. 124. OCLC 10100652.
  • Reviewed in: Taylor, Sandra C. (Winter 1986). "No Other Place". The Public Historian 8 (11): 111–112. doi:10.2307/3377093. ISSN 0272-3433. OCLC 4896688058.

External links

• Riverside Metropolitan Museum, Harada House
• University of California, Riverside; Asian American Riverside; The Harada House
• National Park Service; National Historic Landmarks Program; Harada House
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Harada House