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.
Tag: historical
George Town Street View: Straits Settlements Post Box
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.
Penang Isle: U.A.B Building
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.
Pinang Peranakan Mansion Exteriors
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.
Leith Street: Cathay Hotel
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.
Khoo Kongsi: An Ancestral Exterior
Armenian Street: Cheah Kongsi Portrait
Cheah Kongsi, Armenian Street Heritage Zone, George Town
Penang Portrait X
Standard Chartered Bank at Beach Street, George Town.
Penang Isle: Chinese Chamber of Commerce
The Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce building is located at Light Street, opposite the Esplanade. It is both a heritage and historical building in George Town.
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.
