Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
Date closed / demolished
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)
Later place(s) at this location
Photos that show this Place
1911
1912
1920s
Comments
Re: Wing On Department Store
Hi there,
According to Wing On's own website the Kwok's started it out in 1907. A Wiki entry in Chinese supplemented they started on 28th June 1907 at 107-235 Des Voeux Road Central. I believe their Flagship store moved to the existing location later at 211 Des Voeux Road Central, as shown in the photos above. By the look of the block the building looked like similar buildings in the 1920's or 1930's. That's a very big question mark in my mind.
According to a property agent the present day Wing On Centre was completed in 1980, but I could not recall if the old building was still there in the late 1970's. I would estimate the demolision date to be around 1975-76.
Best Regards,
T
Pre-WWII Wing On Co., Ltd Addresses
Mentioned in: https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Asian_Department_Stores/lQVeAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=1910s+wing+on+store,+hong+kong&pg=PT61&printsec=frontcover that the original Wing On Co., store was on Queen's Road Central (address not known). The store on Des Voeux Road Central was constructed in the early 1910s and was the Company's first major expansion.
Glancing through the newspapers of the day, Wing On was already at 209-213 Des Voeux Road Central (DVRC) and 107 Connaught Road Central (CRC) by June 1910. Advertisement in the China Mail 21 June 1910 refers.
The Company gradually expanded and took over other premises in the same building block. In 1912, Wing On's address was 209-213 DVRC and 107-108 CRC.
In 1930, a business card of Wing On shows the Company had expanded further:
The Wing On Co., Ltd.
Universal Providers
207-223 DVRC
106-113 CRC