38-52 Wyndham Street [1919-????] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

38-52 Wyndham Street [1919-????]

Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed: 
c.1919-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

The terrace of 8 houses is highlighted in blue on this 1955 map of the area:

1955 1-600 map of Wyndham Street

They were built between 1917 and 1919, with progress recorded in the annual reports of the  Public Works Department:

  • 1917.46: Principal works of a private nature >> Works Commenced >> 18 European houses, I.L’s 145 & 146, Wyndham Street
  • 1918.44: Principal works of a private nature >> not completed >> 18 European houses, I.L’s 145 & 146, Wyndham Street
  • 1919.41: Principal works of a private nature >> The erection of 18 European houses on I.L.’s 145 and 146 in Wyndham Street and Arbuthnot Road [...] was completed.

Here's a good view of the terrace, running along the right side of the road. 

Wyndham Street looking East
Wyndham Street looking East, by Herostratus

 

And a view of numbers 50 & 52 from the front.

A Chinese woman sewing on Wyndham Street
A Chinese woman sewing on Wyndham Street, by Admin

Photos that show this place

1920
1955