Category: Architecture

Penang Isle: Yap Temple & Kongsi

The Yap Temple and the Yap Kongsi complex is located right beside the Choo Chay Keong Temple. The temple section houses the ancestral tablets of the Yap families. This Yap clanhouse complex in Armenian Street was built in 1924 with the incorporation of Straits Eclectic architectural design style.

Originally, it was found that there were two Yap clan associations in Penang which later merged together to form the Lum Yeong Tong Yap Kongsi. The ten thousands plus square feet of land on which Yap Kongsi was built was donated by a local tycoon named Yeap Chor Ee, who was also a member of the Yap clan.

Penang State Assembly Building

The Penang State Assembly Building is Penang’s historical state administrative building which is located along Light Street.
Built in the early 19th century, the state assembly building incorporates classical Greek and Palladian architecture, almost resembling the structure of a Greek temple.

George Town Street View: CHULIA STREET

Chulia Street is one of the main roads in George Town and is within the heritage zone. The rather long road is lined with various hotels, pre-war shophouses and connects with various other streets such as Love Lane, Carnarvon Street and Kapitan Keling Mosque Street.

There are also a few wall art murals in recent times that can be found along Chulia Street – Chulia Street Art Map.