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The Peak Garage / Dairy Farm's Peak Depot [????-????]

Submitted by David on Fri, 2019-09-13 16:03

Notes from Moddsey:

1946 Dairy Farm Annual Report (China Mail 27 June 1947 refers)

The Peak Garage premises were acquired from the Hong Kong Land Investment Agency & Co. Ltd in February 1946 and following rehabilitation were re-opened on 1 June 1947.

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Hongkong Land
dairy farm

The Netherlands India Commercial Bank Building, 16 Des Voeux Rd C. [1906-c.1930]

Submitted by Herostratus on Mon, 2016-07-18 19:33
Date Place completed: 
c.1906-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1930-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Site of of old Dent & Co 2nd Generation offices

In 1903 HK Land acquired the mortgage, which the company had extended to three local businessmen Poon Yan Chuen, Mak Yuen and Lo Man in 1890, to the centre portion of Dent & Co’s old offices

 

Completed new building by 1906

Architect was Palmer & Turner, last major building by Clement Palmer before retirement in 1907

 

Property sold to Chung Yuet Hing in 1921 for HKD742,000 who sold it to HSBC in 1924.

 

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Dent & Co. (Centre) / Holiday & Wise / later Melcher's - ML 7 Sec B [1858-c.1904]
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Hongkong Land
Des Voeux Road

Royal Buildings North / Cecil Hotel [1904-1954]

Submitted by Herostratus on Mon, 2016-07-18 18:30
Date Place completed: 
c.1904-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1954-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Royal/ Chung Tin buildings

 

Inland Lot 1724, secured July 1900

 

Architect was Leigh & Orange

 

Phase 1 (King Edward Hotel end) completed in 1902, leased to Dhunjeebhoy Dorabjee, severely damaged by fire in March 1929

Rebuilt as office block which opened in 1931 (original façade kept), rebuilt portion renamed Chung Tin Building

 

Phase 2 completed in 1904, lower five floors leased to Lane Crawford until 1924

After 1924 building was leased as Hotel Savoy which became Hotel Cecil

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Hongkong Land
hotel

2 Connaught Road / New Oriental Building [1898-c.1955]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2009-09-02 09:24
Date Place completed: 
c.1898-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1955-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

The building was completed in 1898, and was originally just known by its address: 2 Connaught Road

In 1939 it was sold to a new Japanese owner, and renamed: New Oriental Building

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Palmer & Turner
Hongkong Land
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