Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorised
Walking in the Footsteps of Our Foremothers – Armenian Church Armenian Street is a shortened version of the road’s original name, Armenian Church Street. It was named for the Armenian Apostolic Church of Saint Gregory, which was constructed in 1836, and...
Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorised
Walking in the Footsteps of Our Foremothers – MCCY/MICA Building (Old Hill Street Police Station) The Old Hill Street Police Station was a six-storey neo-Classical building located at the junction of Hill Street and River Valley Road. It cost $494,000 to...
Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorised
Walking in the Footsteps of Our Foremothers – Parliament House The new Parliament House was officially opened in 1999. Space constraints had been an issue at the former Parliament House from the early 1980s. The new building was designed to...
Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorised
Walking in the Footsteps of Our Foremothers – Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall The Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall were built as two separate buildings 43 years apart. Victoria Theatre was the first to be constructed between 1866 and 1862, and served...
Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorised
Walking in the Footsteps of Our Foremothers – Supreme Court The Old Supreme Court Building was built between 1937 and 1939. Designed by Frank Dorrington Ward, then the chief architect of the Straits Settlements Public Works Department, it is the last...
Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorised
Walking in the Footsteps of Our Foremothers – SMRT Corporation The area where the SMRT Corporation Headquarters now stands used to be part of the CHIJ convent complex. SMRT was incorporated on March 6, 2000, following an industry overhaul to form...
