26-33 Connaught Road Central [c.1905-c.1967]

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 01/01/2022 - 23:44
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Demolished / No longer exists
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Eight houses built on Marine Lot 12, the address is 26-33 Connaught Road Central. Probably built at the same time as houses 34, 35, 36, 37 Connnaught Road Central (on ML 13). As a guess the construction date was set to 1905.

The houses can be seen on this map:

1960 map of block bounded by DVRC / Potttinger St / Connaught Rd / Douglas St.jpg
1960 map of block bounded by DVRC / Potttinger St / Connaught Rd / Douglas St.jpg, by Admin

and on this photo from 1965:

1965 Central Reclamation, by eternal1966e

On many photos from the harbour between 1910 and the 1960s, these 12 houses can be seen as one block. The houses 26-33 were probably demolished around 1965-1968, on this place new buildings were built, among them Wing Lung Bank Building which opened in 1972.

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