The Hock Teik Cheng Sin Temple (or Poh Hock Seah), is a clan temple of the Hokkien people in Penang who had their roots from the Southern Fujian Province in China. The temple is located right at the corner of Armenian Street and Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling junction.
The name Cannon Street had its origin from the cannons that were fired during the Penang Riots in 1867. The riot was the result of a secret society dispute when the alliance of Tua Pek Kong Hoey (Kean Teik Tong) and the Red Flag Gang fought against the alliance of the Ghee Hin Kongsi and the White Flag Gang for ten days in George Town. It was said that some of the houses still have bullet holes as a result from the riot.
According to some sources, Cannon Street (Tua Cheng Hang) originated from this event with two versions of the story. One report said that in order to suppress the riots, the colonial government fired cannons at the territory of the Tua Pek Kong Hoey and created a big hole on the street; so people called the street Big Cannon Hole (Tua Cheng Khang). Later, as the hole was levelled up, it was renamed Cannon Street (Tua Cheng Hang). Another story said that the Tua Pek Kong Hoey placed cannons on the street to resist the enemy and thus it was called Cannon Street.
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.
An old post box located right outside the Malayan Railway Building. The Royal Cypher of the post box is King Edward VII (ERvii) from 1901 to 1910.
The U.A.B Building is an old historical building located at China Street Ghaut in George Town, Penang. The U.A.B Building was built in the 1930s, incorporating Art Deco architectural design style. The building was once occupied by the Indian Overseas Bank which was established in Penang in 1937 as the first overseas branch of the bank.
Infusing an unique cultural design of its Peranakan architecture and lifestyle, the mansion is one of Penang’s top destinations to visit. It is located along Church Street, George Town.
For more info and the interior gallery on the place, please go HERE.
Located along Leith Street, Cathay Hotel was built in the pre-1900 for a local Chinese businessman as a residential mansion and was later used by Japanese army in World War II as an administrative office. It was after the war that the building was converted into a hotel which stands till this day.
Cheah Kongsi, Armenian Street Heritage Zone, George Town