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3 unusual facts about Honan


Henry Grattan Guinness

Dr. Gershom Whitfield Guinness was a medical missionary to China who escaped the Boxer Rebellion and went on to found the first hospital in Honan south of the Yellow River.

Honan-Allston Library

The library is accessible on public transportation via the MBTA Bus 66 route, which stops directly at the building.

Wiley B. Glass

They went into all shantung and into other provinces such as Honan and Anhwei and even up into the far areas of Manchuria.


Chinese South Africans

Most of these contractors were recruited from the provinces of Chihli (Zhili), Shantung (Shandong) and Honan (Henan) in China.

Machado and Silvetti Associates

Machado and Silvetti's notable projects include the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, The Getty Villa, the Boston Public Library's Honan-Allston Branch, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, the Mint Museum, and One Western Avenue at Harvard University.


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