Browse Items (37 total) Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items of 4 Next Page Sort by: TitleCreatorDate Added Edinburgh Place Edinburgh Place is a public square in Central next to the Victoria Harbor. The site includes the Hong Kong City Hall and the Memorial gardens. Before 2007, the Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier and Queen's Pier were a part of it as well. Tags: 1900s, Square, Zone A Government House Built in 1851, 8 years after the British colonization, the construction of Government House started. It was the official residential place and office for the past Hong Kong colonial Governors. The building was classified into the Grade 1 historic… Tags: 1800s, Building, Declared monument, Zone C Former Central Police Station Founded in 1864, it was used as the headquarters of the police before the World War II and was built next to the Victoria Prison. After the War, it became the Police Station in Central. The Police Station, together with the Victoria Prison and the… Tags: 1800s, Building, Declared monument, Zone C St. Paul’s Church St. Paul’s Church was built in the early 20th century and was occupied by the Japanese soldiers when they are occupying Hong Kong in the past. The church is undergone different renovation project in 1934 and also in the early 1990s. It was also… Tags: 1900s, Building, Zone C Original Site of Pedder Street Clock Tower Built in 1861, the five-storey clock was used for timing and raising the alarm in case there was a fire. It acted as the symbol and iconic landmarks in the Central in the 19th century as it was located at the junction of Queen’s Road Central and… Tags: 1800s, Building, Zone C Pedder Building Built in 1924, the none-storney building has long been the commercial architecture and is the only pre-world war building in Central district nowadays. The building is classified as the Grade 2 historic building. Now, retailer shops are open in the… Tags: 1900s, Building, Grade II Historic Building, Zone C Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens The nickname of the garden is ‘Bing Tau Fa Yuen’, it used to be the site of the Government House and the Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong. It started to have zoological collection like mammals and birds since 1876. Later in 1975, it is… Tags: 1800s, Park, Zone B Flagstaff House It was built in 1846. It served as the residence of the Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong until 1978. Flagstaff House is the oldest surviving Western building in the territory. It has become Museum of Tea Ware since 1984 and it was declared… Tags: 1800s, Building, Declared monument, Zone B Cassels Block It used to serve as residences for married officers at Victoria Barrack in the early 20th century. It was converted into the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre in 1992. Tags: Building, Declared monument, Zone B Office of Former Chief Executives of the HKSAR This building has been converted its functions for three times. It was originally built as a school in classical Renaissance style in the early 20th century. Then it became the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group Office in the 1990s and later the Hong… Tags: 1900s, Grade I historic building, Zone B of 4 Next Page Featured Item No featured items are available.
