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Line 32: Seeing a need for the California Central Coast's Chinese community, Ah opened a small East Asian [[mercantile]] in 1874, the first in [[San Luis Obispo County, California\|San Luis Obispo County]], from which he sold goods, including rice, rum, and opium (opium use was legal until 1915).<ref name=Blackburn2003> {{cite web \|~~url~~archivedate=2003-11-19 \|archiveurl= http://archive.newtimesslo.com/archive/2003-11-19/archives/cov_stories_2003/cov_01162003.html \|url=http://www.corvalliscommunitypages.com/asia_pacific/ah_louisleft.htm \|title= Chinese remembered: Ah Louis left a huge imprint on San Luis Obispo’s formative years \|agency=(or " 'Ah Louis', 19th Century Chinese American from Corvallis, Oregon") \|author= Daniel Blackburn \|publisher= \|date=2003-1101-1916 \|accessdate=~~2013~~2016-0804-0502 }} </ref> The wooden structure was replaced by a sturdy brick building in 1885, made from bricks from his own brickyard, ~~which still stands~~ at 800 Palm Street on the corner of Chorro Street in downtown San Luis Obispo, marking where [[List of Chinatowns\|San Luis Obispo's Chinatown]] once stood. The shop is currently owned by Dr. William Watson, MD, Ah Louis's great-grandson,<ref name=NRHP-Reg> {{cite web \|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/asia/2009/AhLouisStore.pdf Line 55 ⟶ 56: \|archivedate=2012-03-13}} </ref> and the ground floor is now ~~open~~ operated as a retail store. The Ah Louis store has been designated as a [[California Historical Landmark\|California State Historical Landmark]] number 802,<ref name=CHL>{{cite ohp\|802\|Ah Louis Store\|2013-08-05}}</ref> by the United States National Park Service<ref name="nps.gov"/> and is also listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris"/> Line 110 ⟶ 111: Ah returned to China, intending to visit family and to follow the tradition of dying where one was born. Disappointed with the lack of progress and modern technology and the high rate of banditry, Ah decided to return to San Luis Obispo. He died on December 18, 1936.<ref name=Blackburn2003/> The youngest and last surviving of Ah Louis' children, [[Howard Louis]], who had a degree in economics and fought with Gen. Patton,<ref name=Blackburn2003> continued to run the store until the late 1990s, and died on August 15, 2008, at the age of 100.<ref name=TobyObit> {{cite web \| url= http://www.zirana.com/sanluisobispo/obituaries/obituaryhoward_w._louis_.html \| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20120325052233/http://www.zirana.com/sanluisobispo/obituaries/obituaryhoward_w._louis_.html \| title=Obituary:Howard W. Louis \| publisher=Zirana/San Luis Obispo

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