Wat Vongkut Boreyram
Wat Vongkut Boreyram (វត្តវង្កតបូរីរាម) was listed as a Khmer Buddhist temple on South 21st Street in Tacoma, Washington.[1][2] Its address records date from 2011 to 2019.
Listing history
The 2014 Temple News directory listed Wat Vongkut Boreyram at two Tacoma addresses. One was 1219 South 21st Street, Tacoma, Washington 98405, with the telephone number (253) 572-4072. The other was 1420 East 44th Street, Tacoma, Washington 98404, with (253) 475-1423.[1]
A 2026 directory of Khmer temples in the United States lists the temple at 1219 South 21, Tacoma, with the same telephone number, (253) 572-4072. It gives one monk, whose name appears in Khmer as ភិក្ខុ ថាច់ ប្រាជ្ញចក្រី.[2]
In August 2025 the Internal Revenue Service recognized Watt Vongkut Boreyam Khmer Kampucheakrom Khmer Krom Buddhist Temple as tax-exempt.[3] The 2026 directory lists the temple at 1219 South 21st Street.[2]
In 2024 the Wat Khemara Ratanaram list of Khmer temples in Washington gave two other sets of details under the same name. One was 3805 South G Street, P.O. Box 8353, Tacoma, Washington 98418, with (253) 573-1474. The other was 1420 East 44th Street, with (253) 475-2903 and (253) 475-8094.[4]
Related temples
Wat Vongkut Boreyram on East 44th Street is a Khmer temple of the same name in Tacoma, also listed as the Khmer Theravadin Buddhist Temple.[5][2] As of 2026, it is not known whether the South 21st Street and East 44th Street records belong to one temple that moved.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Temple News, 2558 Khmer Buddhist Temples Directory (2014)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Bhikkhu Pat Sophal, Cambodian Buddhist Temples in the USA, B.E. 2570 (2026)
- ↑ ProPublica, Nonprofit Explorer: Watt Vongkut Boreyam Khmer Kampucheakrom Khmer Krom Buddhist Temple (undated)
- ↑ Wat Khemara Ratanaram, Khmer temples in Washington (2024)
- ↑ Khmer Theravadin Buddhist Temple, Tacoma