Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)
Date closed / demolished
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)
The name of todays Tit Hong Lane refers to the Iron House of the P&O company, so called due to its elaborate Iron balconies.
Photos that show this Place
1879
1885
c.1885
Comments
The index to the 1866 map
The index to the 1866 map shows "33. P. & 0. Company’s Offices": http://gwulo.com/node/34095#18/22.28423/114.15570/Map_by_ESRI-1866_HK-M…
I believe the 1st Generation
I believe the 1st Generation building was on the same lot but closer to Queens Road but I'm still trying to confirm
This building was used as
This building was used as temporary premises by HSBC while the bank redeveloped its own building:
From 1882 until 1888, the Bank was accommodated in the offices previously occupied by the P. and O. Company, situated west of the present Central Market, on the corner of Jubilee Street and Des Voeux Road.
Source: p.493, "Old Hongkong" by "Colonial"