On Leong and Hip Sing tong headquarters, 10 Pell Street

10 Pell Street | Chinatown | built 1910

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1888
On Leong Tong moves its headquarters to 10 Pell Street
According to the Chinatown and Little Italy nomination, the organization that became the On Leong Tong began in the 1880s as the Chinese Freemasons at 18 Mott Street, led by Tom Lee and other merchants. It moved to 10 Pell Street in 1888 and took the On Leong name in 1890. It later relocated to 41 Mott Street.
Source: National Register nomination
1899
Hip Sing Tong sets up headquarters at 10 Pell Street as Mock Duck arrives
When the enforcer Mock Duck reached New York in spring 1899, Wikipedia's account says the Hip Sing Tong had just opened a headquarters at 10 Pell Street under its leader Lang Yue. Tension with rival tongs followed. On August 12, 1900, a Hip Sing member shot a Chih Kung Tong member on Pell Street, and a September shootout there hurt bystanders.
“…the Hip Sing Tong had recently established a headquarters on 10 Pell Street, under leader Lang Yue…”
Source: Wikipedia
1940
A five-story brick building with a Chinese-style balcony houses a Chinese association
The district nomination describes 10 Pell Street as a five-story, four-bay brick building from the 1860s with a metal cornice and window hoods. A Chinese-style balcony on the fifth floor dates from the 1940s. The listing gives its uses as Chinese association, factory and wheelwright shop.
Source: National Register nomination

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