Heritage Prewar Shophouse

A 2 floor & 3 floor prewar shophouse on the junction of Craig Road & Tanjong Pagar Road

More shophouses along Tanjong Pagar Road

French Windows of a Prewar shophouse along Craig Road

A row of 3 prewar shophouse with front courtyards along Craig Road

Heritage Prewar Shophouse

Uniquely constructed 1st floors of prewar houses along Sam Leong Road. Unfortunately, the signages have blocked part of the beauty of the buildings

Beautifully decorated & painted facades ( 1st floors) of prewar shophouses along Sam Leong Road. Note the balconys - great to have a cuppa coffee lounging on the balcony and watching the world passing by below...

Another set of nice looking 1st floors!

Heritage Prewar Shophouse

A "Ying & Yang - Black & White" painted entrance into a Colonial building on Ann Siang Hill

"Pintu Pagar" - half door and tiles on the outside of a Prewar Shop house on Ann Siang Hill

A stretch of Prewar shop/"office" houses along Amoy Street - a mix of three and two floors houses

A colourful painted shophouse along Amoy Street

A prewar shophouse nestling in modern Central Business District of Singapore

Heritage Prewar House

A two & a half(?) storey prewar heritage house along Stanley Street. Notice the side door on the right to access the higher floors

The interior of a renovated prewar shophouse. Noticed that they have included the access staircase to the upper floors in the building instead of from the side door outside.

A three floors shop house along Stanley Street. There is a lonely tiger statue ( lion?) painted in gold placed on top of the first floor window.

Another three storey shophouse along Stanley Street

Fullerton Building - Fullerton Hotel, Singapore

The Fullerton Singapore, as chronicled in a picture, along with others, placed in the underpass of Fullerton. It has been reported that this same tunnel has been in used by the Post Office to sent surface mails to waiting ships, from the pier.

A view of the General Post Office in the 1960's - the counter table was reputed to be the longest One Piece table in Asia during that time.

The inscription of the architect & contractor of Fullerton Building

Another view of the inscription

The Fullerton Building was named after Robert Fullerton, first Governor of the Straits Settlement from 1826-1829. The building was designed by Major P H Keys of Keys & Dowdeswell, a Shanghai firm of architects ( Dowdeswell was the chief assistant architect to Keys).

Construction of the building began in February 1924 and was completed in June 1928. The successful tenders and contractors for the project was Perry & Co. Overseas Ltd London.

I have decided to post the picture of the stone on the building's pillar, which was inscribed with the building's architect, contractor & the date of completion because funnily enough, I have passed by the same location so many times, but did not noticed it until now - an interesting observation whilst waiting for the bus...