state farm's first building was golden dragon restaurant

After attending Hartford Public High School, she studied at Radcliffe, Trinity, and Barnard Colleges before returning to China in 1911. Like her father, Kang Tongbi was a staunch advocate of reform-but also of Chinese women’s rights. In 1903, Kang Tongbi-the daughter of Kang Youwei-came to Hartford to finish her English education as the guest of Yung Wing, who had remained in Hartford after the Chinese Educational Mission ended in 1881. Inevitably, these visits included elaborate multi-course dinners at the restaurant. Lee Foo later served as the secretary of the association and helped bring Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao-the founders of the association-to Hartford to meet with local members. On March 3, 1903, a group of Hartford residents met at Lee Foo’s restaurant to establish a local branch of the Chinese Empire Reform Association-an organization which advocated the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in China. Lee Foo was the driving force behind the King Far Low Restaurant at different times serving as proprietor, manager, waiter, and head cook. By the following year, the restaurant relocated to the second floor of 21 Central Row, where it remained until 1910, serving as a gathering place for the local Chinese community. Neither the Hartford Courant nor the Hartford City Directories, however, give any indication that there was another Chinese restaurant in Hartford until 1901, when the King Far Low Restaurant opened at 136 State Street. Unable to find another cook, Do Yan Low sold the restaurant to Wah Hop and Tun Ham, two other local Chinese. Though seemingly successful, the restaurant lasted just over six months, closing on September 2nd, when the cook returned to Boston.

The Café Do Yan Low opened on State Street on February 20, 1898-an event newspapers hailed as a sign that Hartford had become a metropolis.

Do Yan Low’s Chinese Restaurant advertised in the Hartford Courant, Feb.

State farm's first building was golden dragon restaurant