At A: Gasworks
Above B: Sunnyside
Left of C: Church Mission House
Above D: Fairlea
Left of E: unknown Possibly Haldon or the property on the North Side of Bonham Road
Above G: Sai On Street Opium Warehouses
Above G: Westbourne Villa
Right of H: Balls Court
Above I: Craigllechie
Above: J:Greenmount
Left of K: Basel Mission House and Chapel
Above L: Rose Villa
Right of M: Diocesan Home and Orphanage: on 1866 Map here: http://gwulo.com/atom/24050 <Read more ...>
This is a picture from an old slide series illustrating the Basel Mission`s work in Hong Kong an Southern China among the Hakka. (There is a clearer copy on the USC website; but I love my rusty old slide reel.) Western Street runs down the hill. The building to the right is the little Isolation Hospital for Plague Patients, which was located opposite the old Basel Mission House. So this picture is about 1905. The first Mission House was built in 1861 by Rudolph Lechler between High Street and Third Street. <Read more ...>
