Lung House
1605 Canterbury St., Austin, TXThe Lung House is located at 1605 Canterbury Street, Austin, Texas. The house was the residence of Joe Lung’s family from 1917 to 1960. The Lungs were one of the first Chinese families settled in Austin, and they established and successfully maintained a thriving restaurant business in the city for more than 60 years. The Lung family’s experience is representative of the Chinese experience in general in Austin during the late 19thand early 20th centuries. Their home on Canterbury Street holds a significant association with this family, an association that lasted more than fifty years. The house clearly illustrates the level of success and respect this minority family achieved during a time period in which the community was not always welcoming to outsiders. It is nominated to the National Register of Historic Places at the local level of significance under Criterion A in the area of ethnic history.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.