Boarding House Museum & Gift Shop

The Boarding House was built in 1909 to board the workers of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The shipping warehouse is located across the River Road. The Boarding house was later purchased by the Kuramoto family, who operated the Boarding House from 1920 to 1942. The Kuramoto family was interned during WWII and did not return to resume operation of the Boarding House after the War. In 2008 it became the Locke Boarding House, a unit of the State Park System. The exhibit and research facility are operated by the California State Parks and the Locke Foundation. It is open to the public free of charge.

Practical Information

Hours: Saturdays and Sundays 11-3pm

Closed Monday-Friday

Address: 13916 Main Street, Locke (map)
Admission Fee: open to the public free of charge
Contact: 916.776.1661 / 916.776.1828
Reservations: tours(at)locke-foundation.org

All gifts below are available in the Museum or with free shipping.

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Remembering Locke 100 Years, 1915-2015: history and essays from former and current residents on life in Locke. 126 pages.

$25 (includes shipping)

Locke, California: A Chinese Community in the Sacramento River Delta. Images of 1935 Locke buildings compiled by Lim Mar from Historical American Buildings Survey. 80 pages, spiral-bound.

$30 (includes shipping)

Pastures of Plenty, Part 1: 45-minute audio CD that charts the arrival of Chinese, Japanese and Filipino farmers to the Delta. Includes interviews with Delta residents Wally Chan, Ping Lee and Connie King.

$15 (includes shipping)