Main Building of the University of Hong Kong

Main Building of the University of Hong Kong

香港大學本部大樓

Declared Monument

Historic Building

Historic Site

Cultural Site

Tangible Cultural Heritage

Educational Site

The Main Building of HKU is the oldest structure on the HKU Main Campus. It has been long recognized by its post renaissance style with red bricks, granite and two courtyards. The building was originally used as classrooms and laboratories for the Faculty of Medicine and Engineering and was later the home of departments within the Faculty of Arts.

Alfred Bryer of Leigh & Orange

1912

Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody

Sir Paul Chater

The Antiques and Monuments Office

The Hong Kong Government

Right to receive education inside the building

Right to take photos inside the building

Loke Yew Hall

Lugard Hall

Eliot Hall

May Hall

University Hall

Hung Hing Ying Building

Tang Chi Ngong Building

Fung Ping Shan Building

Built in a classical style, it is a three-storey red-brick building supported by granite columns of the Ionic order is designed symmetrically around the central axis of the clock tower and features pairs of turrets at both ends of the principal facade. Pediments surmount the entrance portico and the elevations of the east and west wings.

Physical Object

hkumainbuilding1912

World War II

The Japanese Occupation

The Handover of Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Battle

The Post War Era

1912

1984