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...