Lucina [c.1925- ]

Submitted by Vvnnnx on
Current condition
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Date completed
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)

62 Mount Kellett Road

A video that shows a brief view of the house:

https://hk.finance.appledaily.com/finance/daily/article/20151031/193549…

Photos that show this Place

Peak Hotel, the Peak, Hong Kong Island. = 山頂酒店1912
c.1925
1935
1954
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Comments

I've pushed the completion date from 1945 back to c.1930:

  • Names of Buildings gives the Year of Completion as "Pre 1945".
  • The 1924 map shows it has a number - 179 The Peak - but in the index it doesn't have a name, just a lot number, RBL 187. That suggests a building hasn't been built yet.
  • The lot was advertised for sale in 1921: GA 1921 (suppl) no.304
  • On page Q101 of the 1924 PWD Annual Report, it lists a 6-inch sewer being laid to the lot, suggesting it was being prepared for building on.
  • The 1934 aerial photos at http://www.hkmaps.hk/map_1934.html show a building on this site.

 

In addition to what David has posted above;

1924. The Peak Renumbering Exercise of 1 January 1924 (https://gwulo.com/node/34922) lists “New No.179” and gives the “Name Of House” as “RBL 187”. This is another indication that the house had not yet been completed.

1925. The 1925 Jury List has, S.R. Waller, Assist., Asiatic Petroleum Co. Ltd., residing at 179 The Peak.

So Lucina was probably completed in late 1924 or 1925.