Kai Yuen / 繼園, a large mansion above North Point [1938-c.1969] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Kai Yuen / 繼園, a large mansion above North Point [1938-c.1969]

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Submitted by David on Sun, 2018-04-08 17:56
Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed: 
c.1938-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1969-12-31 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

[UPDATE: Now identified as Kai Yuen. Please see comments below.]

Does anyone know anything about this impressive mansion? I saw it for the first time in Peter's photo from 1939:

Large Mansion above North Point.jpg
Large Mansion above North Point.jpg, by Admin
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Submitted by philk on Sun, 2018-04-08 23:56.

Looks like an example of Chinese Renaissance architecture. The 1952 map seems to indicate it was still there (or at least something was there) - just next to the "Q" of "Government Quarry".

Submitted by maidestone on Mon, 2018-04-09 02:06.

Should be 繼園.

Reference: http://lausoldier.blogspot.ca/2012/04/blog-post_26.html

 

Submitted by David on Mon, 2018-04-09 17:17.

Thanks for the tip. That led me to http://varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk/index.php/2010/12/kai_yuen_street/ which talks about the modern Kai Yuen Street. The street follows the same line as the curved road leading to the mansion in the photo above. The article says:

The street was named after a magnificent mansion at the knoll. The mansion, Kai Yuen, was home for the family of Chan Wai-chow until it was demolished in the late 1960s. Chan Wai-chow was the brother of Chen Jitang who governed Guangdong province after the Kuomingtang’s Northern Expedition from 1929 to 1936. Chan built Kai Yuen 1938 after his brother’s downfall.