The Penang State Museum and Art Gallery which is located along Farquhar Street is consisted of a colonial-era building built in two phases in 1896, and later when funds were adequate, in 1906. For more info on the museum, please refer HERE.
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Penang Isle: The Town Hall
Built with influences of British palladian architecture, the Penang Town Hall which faces the field of the Esplanade serves as a great monument of the old colonial era.
Penang Isle: Colonial Era House
Built in 1928, these beautiful old colonial era houses at Bangkok Lane, Penang once served as the home to the family of Cheah Leong Keah, a successful businessman at that time.
Penang Isle: Wisma Yeap Chor Ee
Easily viewable from the ferry going towards the island’s terminal, the Wisma Yeap Chor Ee (or Yeap Chor Ee Building) was built in 1922. It was then used to house mercantile offices related to the Penang port during its heydays.
Penang Isle: The Supreme Court Complex
The Penang Supreme Court complex at Farquhar Street, Georgetown was built in 1903 during the British colonial years and has been hearing cases ever since. The court complex incorporated neo-Palladin style architecture and is currently houses the Penang High Court. The design of the complex was done by the Public Works Department, which was headed by John Henry McCallum, the Surveyor-General of the Straits Settlements at that time. The Penang Supreme complex was also expanded with a 3-storey wing. The Logan Memorial is located right in front of the court’s main entrance.
Penang Isle: Fort Cornwallis
Built during the British rule, Fort Cornwallis is the largest fort still remaining in Malaysia. This old star-shaped fort is situated at the north-eastern side of Penang island. The fort is named after Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis who was the Governor General of Bengal, India in the late 18th century.
Captain Sir Francis Light took possession of the island from the Sultan of Kedah in 1786 and built the original fort. It was a nibong (Malay: palm trunk) stockade with no permanent structures, covering an area of 417.6 square feet (38.80 m2). Despite the fort’s original purpose to serve the Royal artillery troops and the military, historically it was more for administrative purpose than defensive.
