Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
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Date closed / demolished
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Due to the damage in Macao after the Typhoon in 1874 many Portuguese families sought shelter in Hong Kong. This increased the demand for school places so Brother Hidulphe-Marie leader of the La Salle Brothers 1875-79 decided that no more Chinese students would be accepted into St. Saviour School on Pottinger Street. This decree upset Raimondi so he bought a spacious house called Buxley Lodge at No 9. Caine Road (today 21) for $14,00 in June 1876. In 1878 a class for 30 Chinese boys was opened under Brother Adolphus
Source: The foundation of the Catholic mission in Hong Kong, 1841-1894 (Xia Qilong 1998 HKU)
The building mentioned above is different to the first Building on the site.
Previous place(s) at this location
Later place(s) at this location
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1875
1875
1879
Comments
The St. Joseph's School
The St. Joseph's School website says that the Buxley Lodge was the site of their school from 1876 til approximately 1881: http://archive.sjc.edu.hk/1999-2000/03-school/page_history.htm
It seems to have survive for
It seems to have survived for a while, with an extension added on the east side at some point. The building appears in this 1927 photo.
Buxey/Buxley Lodge
So there was a Buxey Lodge and a Buxley Lodge on Caine Road at the same time.
Buxley Lodge (2nd generation…
Buxley Lodge (2nd generation) also appeared in photo c.1868, https://gwulo.com/media/37247.
A building of different height and window arrangement stood at the same location, relative to Chancery Lane 2, 3, 4, 5. So the second generation might have completed before 1870's, and the first generation ceased to exist before 1870's.
in early 1920's
4 semi-attached buildings were seen at the location of Buxley Lodge (2nd generation) in early 1920's, at the very early phase of the construction of China Building (completed in 1924).