Everything tagged "Palmer & Turner" | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Everything tagged "Palmer & Turner"

Primary tabs

Victoria Theatre [1911-1920]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2011-10-26 16:47
Date Place completed: 
1911-05-26
Date Place demolished: 
1920-04-01

These Flickr comments say it was on the junction of Des Voeux Rd & Pottinger Street. I wasn't sure which corner, but looking at the photo the combination of tram power lines and shadows mean it must be on the NW corner.

Opening / completion date from the attached clipping.

There's an entry for this cinema on the Cinema Treasures website.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Victoria Cinematograph (Central) / 域多利影畫戲院 (中環) [1907-1910]
Tags: 
cinema
Palmer & Turner

Estrellita / Air House, Hong Kong's first Hacienda [1934- ]

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2011-02-22 21:59
Date Place completed: 
1934-12-31

12, Repulse Bay Road

Notes from IDJ:

Tags: 
Palmer & Turner

Bank of Canton [1924-c.1966]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2010-11-17 21:41
Date Place completed: 
1924-07-12
Date Place demolished: 
c.1966-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

The 1924 PWD AR gives the location as " ML 102, section A".

See attached newspaper clipping for opening date, and architect (Palmer & Turner).

The demolition date of 1966 is a guess, based on a 1966 photo which shows an empty lot where the building was demolished. By the time this photo was taken in the late 60s, a new tower block has sprung up in its place:

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Victoria Buildings (North Building) [c.1860-1922]
Tags: 
bank
Palmer & Turner

Hongkong Hotel, North Wing [1892-1926]

Submitted by David on Sun, 2010-09-12 18:01
Date Place completed: 
1892-12-01
Date Place demolished: 
1926-12-31

In photos of Hong Kong from the 1890s, this building is hard to miss - it towers over its neighbours on the seafront.

Hong Kong Hotel

But although it's the view we usually see of the hotel,

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Dent & Co. (West - Praya and Pedder) / Melcher's Building - ML 7 Sec C [1863-1889]
Tags: 
Palmer & Turner
hotel

Jardine House (3rd generation) [1957-1980]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2010-09-08 10:02
Date Place completed: 
1957-01-01
Date Place demolished: 
1980-01-01

Details from Emporis:

  • Storeys: 16
  • Architech: Palmer & Turner

Emporis also says it was completed in 1948, but I'll go with 1957. That's the year given in a Jardines anniversary publication, with the text "Old Jardine House in Pedder Street is replaced by new Jardine House."

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Jardine House (2nd generation) [1909-c.1955]
Tags: 
Palmer & Turner

Pedder Building [1924- ]

Submitted by 80sKid on Fri, 2010-03-05 15:45
Date Place completed: 
1924-01-01

Pedder Building (畢打行) was built in 1923 by the architectural firm of Palmer and Turner. In the pre-Second World War period, most tenants were foreign commercial firms with their headquarters or branches set up in Central. Most tenants evacuated before the Japanese Occupation (1941-1945), and consequently the Japanese and Chinese firms moved in. The building remained intact during the Occupation, and it has always functioned as a commercial building for shops and offices.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
General Post Office - Queen's Road at Pedder St - (2nd location) [1865-1921]
Tags: 
central
colonial
Pedder Street
Palmer & Turner

Clavadel - RBL 6 (portion) [1893-????]

Submitted by annelisec on Thu, 2010-01-21 18:59
Date Place completed: 
1893-01-01

Public Records Office

Clavadel was erected in 1893 by Clement Palmer, of the firm of Palmer and Turner, as a dwelling for himself.  In that year the property was valued at $720 and attracted a quarterly rate of $19.35.

by 1941 "Clavadel" was valued at $2,580 and rated at 4109.65 a quarter.  It was then owned by a Mr. H.R. Forsyth about whom no details are known.

Tags: 
Palmer & Turner

The Falls (2nd generation) / Ho Tung Gardens [1927-2013]

Submitted by annelisec on Sat, 2010-01-02 12:45
Date Place completed: 
1927-01-01
Date Place demolished: 
2013-10-25
Previous place(s) at this location: 
The Falls (1st generation) [1878-1927]
Tags: 
Palmer & Turner

HSBC Headquarters Building (2nd generation) [1886-1933]

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2009-11-10 10:48
Date Place completed: 
1886-08-14
Date Place demolished: 
1933-10-10

The opening date comes from an article in the Hong Kong Daily Press, 1886-08-14, pg02, which reported the opening of the Bank's new building on that day. (Though to be 100% correct, the article notes that "although the Bank is being removed into it, the building is far from completed, and it will not be finished, at all events, within six months."

Other notes from the article:

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Wardley House/HSBC Headquarters Building (1st Generation) [1857-1882]
Tags: 
bank
Palmer & Turner

Mountain Lodge (2nd generation) [1902-1946]

Submitted by moddsey on Tue, 2009-10-27 20:46
Date Place completed: 
c.1902-07-31 (Day is approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
1946-01-01
Previous place(s) at this location: 
Mountain Lodge - 1st generation [1867-1898]
Tags: 
Palmer & Turner

Pages

Subscribe to Everything tagged "Palmer & Turner"