Douglas Villa - IL 151 [1880-????] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Douglas Villa - IL 151 [1880-????]

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Submitted by annelisec on Thu, 2010-08-12 15:18
Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed: 
1880-01-01

1889 - US Consulate

Autobiography of an Octogenarian By Robert Enoch Withers US Consul to Hong Kong 1880s http://books.google.com/books?id=05MvAAAAYAAJ&vq=Sece&pg=PA440#v=onepage...

1919 - Dominican Priory

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Mission Etrangere
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Submitted by David on Thu, 2013-01-24 17:38.

Annelise has found a description of someone visiting this building in 1919, when it was "34 Caine Road, the Central Procure for the great Mission Society of France". Read more...

Submitted by eurasian_david on Sun, 2020-12-13 08:32.

Here is an auction for 21st July 1885 of the contents of Douglas Villa West, the residence of Col. Mosby, American Consul. 

Col Mosby Douglas Villa West China Mail, page 2, 16th July 1885.png
Col Mosby Douglas Villa West China Mail, page 2, 16th July 1885.png, by China Mail

Maybe he is leaving Hong Kong imminently and selling his possessions? Proabably the same John S. Mosby who used to work in the U.S. Consulate Blue Buildings in 2 Praya East in 1878 and mentioned in the Principle Residents List of 1884