Reverend Huie Kin Kwong (許芹) and Louise Van Arnam were influential figures in the Presbyterian Church’s missionary efforts among Chinese immigrants living the United States around the turn of the 20th century. As married partners in missionary work, they served the Chinese residents of Manhattan, New York City with social services, education, advocacy, and cultural events from the 1880s until Rev. Huie’s retirement in 1925.

From 1890 to 1905, they bore ten mixed race children, nine of whom survived to adulthood. Each has a story to tell. We, their descendants, have created this space to commemorate those stories and to illuminate, for ourselves and for generations to come, the impact they had on the American and Chinese communities to which they belonged, served, and helped create. Theirs is a unique place in Chinese American history, and we honor them.