The Stone Houses are the only Chinese style tenement buildings remained in Hau Wong Temple New Village. They were built on the foundations of "Ho Ka Yuen" ("The Ho Family Garden") during the period 1941-1945. The Japanese Army demolished the ruins of Ho Ka Yuen House and divided the Ho Ka Yuen area into some eleven cottage-sites.
Since the 1970s, some of the Stone Houses had been used as industrial workshops and were rented to various companies such as "Nam Yan Kee Grave and Tombstone Construction". Hau Wong Temple New Village was cleared in 2001 and the Stone Houses became the only structure remained in the village.
The Stone Houses were constructed of granite blocks and concrete with its walls to support its pitched roof of timber rafters, purlins and clay tiles. Part of these original tiles was replaced with corrugated sheets. Rectangular windows have metal or timber frames with heavy lintel. Doors are in Chinese style with timber locks and rock sockets. Internal staircases are in timber and walls are plastered and painted. One of the most interesting features is the stone tablets inscribing the name of the shop called "Nam Yan Kee".