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Western Street

Submitted by Raymond Lo on Thu, 2017-12-07 21:59

Western Street as taken from Bonham Road.The building on the left side is the King's College.

40 High Street [????-c.1920]

Submitted by Herostratus on Mon, 2017-09-18 14:39
Date Place demolished: 
c.1920-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Large building on IL 755, visible in photographs from the 1870s onwards, on the other side of Western Street from Balls Court

Labelled No 40 High Street on the 1901 Map. 

Replaced by tenament houses on the 1920 Street Map. 

Tags: 
Western District
High Street
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St Stephens College 07

Submitted by Herostratus on Sun, 2016-05-22 21:47
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
Places shown in this photo: 
St Stephens College (1st Location) [c.1903-c.1924]
Ball's Court - IL 694 [????-????]
St Anthony's [1892-c.1923]
Craigellachie [1878-????]

Looking East across Western Street. The Building on the left is Balls Court. The building in the centre is possibly an extention to the school. In the foreground is a Roman Catholic Chapel on the current site of Kings College. Upper right of the picture is Craigellachie

St Stephens college 01

Submitted by Herostratus on Sun, 2016-05-22 21:47
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
Places shown in this photo: 
St Stephens College (1st Location) [c.1903-c.1924]
Ball's Court - IL 694 [????-????]

View looking down Western Street. One of the buildings'(the closer one?) is Ball's court. 

St Stephens College 02

Submitted by Herostratus on Sun, 2016-05-22 21:47
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
Places shown in this photo: 
St Stephens College (1st Location) [c.1903-c.1924]
Ball's Court - IL 694 [????-????]

Entrance on Western Street - looks more like High Street to me.

St Stephens College 03

Submitted by Herostratus on Sun, 2016-05-22 21:47
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
Places shown in this photo: 
St Stephens College (1st Location) [c.1903-c.1924]
Ball's Court - IL 694 [????-????]

View looking west from the playing fields. Building behind is clearly the old Balls Court

St Stephens College 04

Submitted by Herostratus on Sun, 2016-05-22 21:47
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1908
Places shown in this photo: 
St Stephens College (1st Location) [c.1903-c.1924]
Ball's Court - IL 694 [????-????]

View looking east across the playing fields towards Bonham Road. The high jumper is Ho Wing Hung winning the inter school sports competition in 1908

St Stephens College 05

Submitted by Herostratus on Sun, 2016-05-22 21:47
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1908
Places shown in this photo: 
Ball's Court - IL 694 [????-????]
St Stephens College (1st Location) [c.1903-c.1924]

School photo infront of Ball's Court, probably on the playing field.

St Stephens College 06

Submitted by Herostratus on Sun, 2016-05-22 21:47
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1908
Places shown in this photo: 
St Stephens College (1st Location) [c.1903-c.1924]
Ball's Court - IL 694 [????-????]

Another School photo.

St Stephens College (1st Location) [c.1903-c.1924]

Submitted by Herostratus on Sun, 2016-05-22 21:19
Date Place completed: 
c.1903-01-01 (Year is approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1924-01-01 (Year is approximate)

From the St Stephens College Website:

In 1901, a group of eight Chinese businessmen and community leaders wrote to the Governor of Hong Kong asking him to open an English school for Chinese children residing in the Colony.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Ball's Court - IL 694 [????-????]
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Western District
BONHAM ROAD
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