Monumental treasures : Singapore's heritage icons / edited by Melody Zaccheus ; design by Sally Lam.
Author(s): Zaccheus, Faith Melody
Library Item Details
- Main Title
- Monumental treasures : Singapore's heritage icons
- Author(s)
- Zaccheus, Faith Melody
- Publisher
- Singapore : Straits Times Press, 2018.
- Collation
- 285 p. : col. ill.
25 cm. - ISBN
- 9789814747936
- Dewey Class
- 720.95957
- Contents
- Botanic Gardens. Former Command House ; Former Admiralty House ; Former Ford Factory ; Former Raffles College now NUS campus at Bukit Timah -- Bras Basah. Cathedral of the Good Shepherd ; Church of Saints Peter and Paul ; Maghain Aboth Synagogue ; Chesed-El Synagogue ; National Museum of Singapore ; Saint Joseph's Church ; Former Saint Joseph's Institution now Singapore Art Museum ; Former Tao Nan School now the Peranakan Museum -- Bugis. Church of Our Lady of Lourdes ; Istana Kampong Gelam, Sultan Mosque -- Chinatown. Jamae Mosque ; Former Ministry of Labour building now the Family Justice Courts -- City Hall. Armenian Apostolic Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator ; Former Attorney-General's Chambers now Parliament House block C ; Central Fire Station ; Former City Hall and former Supreme Court now the National Gallery Singapore ; Former Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus Chapel and Caldwell House ; Saint Andrew's Cathedral ; Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall -- Clarke Quay. Former Hill Street police station ; Tan Si Chong Su ; Former Thong Chai medical institution -- Dakota. Chung Cheng High School (Main) administration building and entrance arch -- Dhoby Ghaut. Former Cathay Building now The Cathay ; Chesed-El Synagogue, Maghain Aboth Synagogue ; House of Tan Yeok Nee ; MacDonald House ; The Istana and Sri Temasek -- Esplanade. Civilian War Memorial ; Esplanade Park Memorials: Cenotaph, Lim Bo Seng Memorial, Tan Kim Seng Fountain ; Raffles Hotel -- Farrer Park. Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple -- Farrer Road. Saint George's Church -- Fort Caning. Hong San See ; Sri Thendayuthapani Temple -- Harbourfront. Church of Siant Teresa ; Former St James Power Station -- Hillview. Former Ford Factory, former Admiralty House, former Command House -- Hougang. Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Jurong East. Jurong Town Hall -- Nicoll Highway. Hajjah Fatimah Mosque -- Novena. Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall -- Orchard. Goodwood Park Hotel's Tower Block -- Outram Park. Bowyer Block, College of Medicine Building, Tan Teck Guan Building -- Pioneer. Former Nanyang University Library and Administration Building, memorial and arch -- Potong Pasir. Alkaff Upper Serangoon Mosque -- Raffles Place. Former Empress Place Building now Asian Civilisations Museum ; Former Fullerton Building ; Former Parliament House and Annex Building now The Arts House ; Former Telok Ayer Market or Lau Pa Sat ; Yueh Hai Ching Temple -- Rochor. Abdul Gafoor Mosque ; Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church -- Sembawang. Former Admiralty House, former Command House, Former Ford Factory -- Serangoon. Tou Mu Kung Temple -- Tan Kah Kee. The Chinese High School clock tower building -- Tanjong Pagar. Former Singapore Conference Hall and Trade Union House ; Former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station ; Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church -- Telok Ayer. Al-Abrar Mosque ; Former Keng Teck Whay Building now the Singapore Yu Huang Gong ; Nagore Dargah Indian Muslim Heritage Centre ; Thian Hock Keng and Chong Wen Ge ; Ying Fo Fui Kun -- Toa Payoh. Siong Lim Temple now Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery -- Upper Changi. Changi Prison gate, walls and turrets -- Map.
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Architecture -- Singapore -- History
Historic buildings -- Singapore - BRN
- 8984
Availability
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Rotunda Library & Archive
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720.95957 MON
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