Kum-Koon Garden Restaurant

Address:	257 King Street
Current Use:	Restaurant
Original Use:	Restaurant
Constructed:	1940; 1956
Other Work:	1982, 1986, 1988, Interior alterations 1982, 1988, Exterior alterations 1983, Fire damage repaired Recent changes include a major addition and exterior renovation and renovation of the facade of the building
Engineers:	Cowin & Co.
Contractors:	C T Lount Leo Lanthier (Addition)
Architects:	Unknown

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Neighbourhood:	China Town

Site frontage: 107.08 sq. ft. (556.84 sq. m)
Plan area: 5,994 sq. ft. (556.84 sq. m)
Gross floor area: 11,988 sq. ft. (1,113.68 sq. m)
Masonry with wood frame, foundation and basement constructed with reinforced concrete footing, 12-inch concrete walls, concrete floor
Superstructure contstructed with 8-inch exterior brick wall reinforced by pilasters, wood or perhaps concrete posts, wood floor and roof joists, ashphalt roof, 24-inch brick parapet wall

Lindor Reynolds, “Chinatown – City Within a City,” Winnipeg Sun, March 11, 1990, pp. S6-S7.