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The Arts House (formerly the Old Parliament House) is a multi-disciplinary arts venue in Singapore. The venue plays host to art exhibitions and concerts . Built in 1827, the Old Parliament House is the oldest government building and perhaps the oldest surviving building in Singapore. [ 1 ]
The Former City Hall building in Singapore is a national monument gazetted on 14 February 1992. It can be found in front of the historical Padang and adjacent to the Former Supreme Court of Singapore , it was designed and built by the architects of the Singapore Municipal Commission , A. Gordans and F. D. Meadows from 1926 to 1929.
Singapore's most prominent architect in the early colonial era was George Drumgoole Coleman, who was responsible for many of these early European style buildings, few of which survived. [4] Those that did include the old Parliament house and Caldwell House at CHIJMES. In the 19th century, two hybrid building typologies evolved in Singapore ...
Aerial panorama of Singapore's Downtown Core. The Old Supreme Court building is located in the middle of the panorama. Dome of the old Supreme Court Building at night (2011) On 1 April 1937, Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas, Governor of the Straits Settlements [2] laid the original foundation stone of the Supreme Court Building.
National monuments also visible are Fullerton Building, Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, the Former Supreme Court, and the Former City Hall. National monuments of Singapore are sites, buildings and structures in Singapore that have been designated by the National Heritage Board (NHB) as being of special historic, traditional, archaeological ...
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Before 1951, the City Council was known as the Municipal Commission. [1] The rest of the crown colony was under the authority of the Singapore Rural Board. The city served as the capital of Colony of Singapore, and the State of Singapore from 1951 until its abolishment in 1965. [1] [2]
The Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall, also known as Wan Qing Yuan, and formerly as the Sun Yat Sen Villa, is a two-story colonial style villa in Balestier, Singapore. The villa is now a museum commemorating Sun Yat Sen (1866–1925), the founding father of the Republic of China who visited Singapore nine times between 1900 and 1911.