Dent & Co. (West - Praya and Pedder) / Melcher's Building - ML 7 Sec C [1863-1889] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Dent & Co. (West - Praya and Pedder) / Melcher's Building - ML 7 Sec C [1863-1889]

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Submitted by annelisec on Fri, 2010-01-22 09:57
Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed: 
1863-06-24
Date Place demolished: 
1889-01-01

Melcher's Building

Dent & Co. occupied three buildings on the corner of Pedder Street and Praya Central (the waterfront) where The Landmark complex is now situated.

After Dent collapsed in 1867, Melchers & Co, which began trading in Hong Kong in 1866, moved into the West portion of the 3 buildings on the Praya.

"One DWELLING HOUSE containing Five Rooms on the first Floor and Six Rooms on the Second Floor, with Bath Rooms, Kitchens, Out Offices, &c.&c, with Gas and Water laid on, and a Godown below, capable of holding about 2,000 tons."

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Submitted by annelisec on Fri, 2010-01-22 13:33.

Pedder Street

Dent & Co.

 

Peddars Wharf

Submitted by David on Sun, 2010-09-12 20:37.

Added demolition date of 1889, based on these notes.

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2016-03-30 16:32.

At some point I'd incorrectly set this page's url to "hong-kong-hotel". I've just cleared that so it is set back to its correct value.

Submitted by Herostratus on Mon, 2016-07-18 19:18.

Only the Western portion of this building was demolished in 1889. The centre survived until at least 1903/04 and the easten part also survived longer.

There are places created already for the central portion:http://gwulo.com//node/15816 and the eastern portion: http://gwulo.com//node/15817 so I suggest renaming this to Dent & Co Building (2nd Generation) Western section

 

Submitted by annelisec on Thu, 2016-07-21 02:26.

I've added the lease start date of ML7 as "completion date".