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Central and Western Heritage Trail

The Central and Western Heritage Trail is a Heritage Trail in Hong Kong, that was designed by the Antiquities and Monuments Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

It covers the Central and Western District of Hong Kong and consists of 3 parts:

The Central Route

Section A

Name Location Notes Photographs Ref
A1 - Edinburgh Place
 
[1]
A2 - Statue Square
 
[2]
A3 - Cenotaph Chater Road
 
[3]
1 - Old Hong Kong Club Building 3A Chater Road/3 Jackson Road, between Chater Road and Connaught Road Central Built in 1897, demolished in 1981 to make place for the present building.
 
[4]
A4 - Old Supreme Court (Legislative Council Building) 8 Jackson Road, on Statue Square Declared Monument
 
[5]
A5 - Commemorative Plaque for the Old Site of Cricket Club Chater Garden, directly east of the Legislative Council building
 
[6]
2 - Old Site of Murray House Now the site of the Bank of China Tower. Murray House was dismantled and rebuilt in Stanley
 
[7]
A6 - Commemorative Plaque for the Old Site of City Hall The site is now occupied by the HSBC Main Building.
 
[8]
3 - Old Site of Murray Parade Ground
 
[9]
A7 - Former French Mission Building (Court of Final Appeal) 1 Battery Path Declared Monument
 
[10]
A8 - St. John's Cathedral 4 Garden Road Declared Monument
 
[11]

Section B

Name Location Notes/References Photographs
B9 - Flagstaff House (Museum of Tea Ware) 10 Cotton Tree Drive, within the Hong Kong Park [12] Declared Monument
 
B10 - Rawlinson House (Cotton Tree Drive Marriage Registry) 19 Cotton Tree Drive [13] Grade II Historic Building
 
B11 - Cassels Block (Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre) 7A Kennedy Road, within the Hong Kong Park [14] Grade II Historic Building
 
B12 - North and West Blocks of St. Joseph's College 7 Kennedy Road [15] Declared Monuments
 
B13 - 28 Kennedy Road (Office of the Former Chief Executives of the HKSAR) 28 Kennedy Road [16] Grade I Historic Building[1]
 
B14 - First Church of Christ, Scientist, HK 31 MacDonnell Road [17] Grade II Historic Building
 
B15 - St. Paul's Co-educational College 33 MacDonnell Road [18] Grade III Historic Building
 
B16 - Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens Upper Albert Road [19]
 
B17 - Main Building, the Helena May Garden Road [20] Declared Monument
 
4 - Peak Tram Terminus 33 Garden Road [21]
 

Section C

Name Location Notes/References Photographs
C18 - Government House Upper Albert Road [22] Declared Monument
 
C19 - Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception 16 Caine Road [23] Grade I Historic Building
 
C20 - Victoria Prison 16 Old Bailey Street [24] Declared Monument
 
C21 - Former Central Magistracy 1 Arbuthnot Road [25] Declared Monument
 
C22 - Central Police Station Hollywood Road [26] Declared Monument
 
C23 - Original Site of Heng Yian Lou Western Restaurant 2 Lyndhurst Terrace [27]
 
C24 - Original Site of the Zhongguo Ribao (China Daily) Office 24 Stanley Street [28]
C25 - Commemorative Plaque for Dr. Jose Rizal Century Square, 1-13 D'Aguilar Street [29]
 
C26 - Original Site of Hejizhan 24 Wellington Street [30]
C27 - Old Dairy Farm Building 2 Lower Albert Road [31] Grade II Historic Building. Houses the Fringe Club and the Foreign Correspondents' Club
 
C28 - Bishop's House 1 Lower Albert Road [32] Grade I Historic Building
 
C29 - St. Paul's Church Glenealy [33]
 
C30 - Duddell Street Steps and Gas Lamps Duddell Street [34] Declared Monument
 
5 - Old Site of Pedder Street Clock Tower Junction of Queen's Road Central and Pedder Street [35] Demolished in 1913
 
C31 - Pedder Building 12 Pedder Street [36] Grade II Historic Building
 
C32 - Commemorative Plaque for the Original Waterfront in 1841 Central Building [37]
 
C33 - Commemorative Plaque for the Praya Reclamation of 1843-65 Chater House, 11 Chater Road. Plaque located on Pedder Street facade. [38]
 
C34 - Commemorative Plaque for the Praya Reclamation of 1890-1904 Chater House, 11 Chater Road [39]
6 - Old Site of the General Post Office Between Connaught Road Central, Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road Central [40] Demolished in the 1970s. Present site of the World-Wide House.
 

The Sheung Wan Route

Section B

Name Location Notes/References Photographs
1 - Old Site of the Central Fire Station Des Voeux Road Central [41] Location of the Hang Seng Bank Headquarters Building
2 - Central Market 80 Des Voeux Road Central, Central [42] Grade III Historic Building
 
3 - Pottinger Street [43] Nicknamed Stone Slabs Street (石板街)
 
4 - Original Site of the Hong Kong Headquarters of the Xingzhonghui (Revive China Society) 13 Staunton Street [44]
 
5 - Muslim Mosque 30 Shelley Street, Sheung Wan [45] Grade I Historic Building. Jamia Mosque.
 
6 - Ohel Leah Synagogue 70 Robinson Road, at the junction with Castle Road [46] Grade I Historic Building
 
7 - London Mission Building 78 and 80 Robinson Road [47] Grade III Historic Building. Now a private clubhouse.
 
8 - Kom Tong Hall 7 Castle Road, Central [48] Grade II Historic Building. Houses the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum since December 2006
 
9 - Original Site of the Daoji Mission House 59 Hollywood Road [49]
 
10 - Old Site of the Alice Memorial Hospital and Hong Kong College of Medicine 77-81 Hollywood Road [50]
11 - Original Site of the Furen Literary Society Pak Tsz Lane [51]
 
12 - Site of the school where Yeung Ku-wan was assassinated by Qing agents 52 Gage Street, corner of Aberdeen Street [52]
 
13 - Original Site of Yang Yao Ji - meeting place for "The Four Bandits" 24 Gough Street (original address is at 6 Gough Street) [53]
 
14 - Commemorative Plaque for Dr. James Legge 44 Gough Street [54]
 
15 - Original Site of the Central School 44 Gough Street [55]
16 - Original Site of the Queen's College Aberdeen Street [56]
 
17- Original Site of the American Congregational Mission Preaching House 2 Bridges Street (now Bridges Street Market) [57]
 

Section A

Name Location Notes/References Photographs
18 - Man Mo Temple 124-130 Hollywood Road [58] Grade I Historic Building
 
19 - Chinese Young Men's Christian Association of Hong Kong (Chinese Y.M.C.A) 51 Bridges Street [59]
 
20 - Old Pathological Institute (Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences) 2 Caine Lane [60] Declared Monument
 
21 - Old Site of the Police Officers' Quarters - Caine Road Between Caine Road and Seymour Road [61] The site has been turned into a park, the Caine Road Garden.
22 - Hop Yat Church 2 Bonham Road [62] Grade II Historic Building
 
23 - One of the Original Sites of Tongmenghui (United League) Reception Centre Po Hing Fong [63]
 
24 - Commemorative Plaque for the Outbreak of the Bubonic Plague in 1894 Blake Garden [64]
 
25 - Kwong Fook I Tsz Tai Ping Shan Street [65]
 
26 - Tai Ping Shan Street [66]
 
27 - Tung Wah Hospital 12 Po Yan Street The Main Block is a Grade III Historic Building
 
28 - Hollywood Road [68]
 
29 - Old Site of the Possession Point (Shui Hang Hau) Hollywood Road Park, near Possession Street [69]
 
30 - Old Site of the Tai Tat Tei Hollywood Road Park [70]
 
31 - Old Site of the Ko Shing Theatre 117 Queen's Road West[2] [71] The theatre was demolished in 1973.
 
32 - Bonham Strand [72]
 
33 - Old Site of the Nam Pak Hong Union Bonham Strand West [73]
34 - Old Site of the Western Market (South Block) (Sheung Wan Complex) 345 Queen's Road Central [74] The South Block, built in 1858, was demolished in 1980. It was replaced by Sheung Wan Complex.
 
35 - Western Market (North Block) 323 Des Voeux Road Central [75] Declared Monument
 

The Western District and the Peak Route

Western District comprises three small districts namely Sai Ying Pun, Shek Tong Tsui and Kennedy Town.

Section A

Name Location Notes/References Photographs
1 - Peak Tram Terminus 33 Garden Road
 
2 - Old Peak Café 121 Peak Road, the Peak Grade II Historic Building. Renamed The Peak Lookout in 2001.[3]
 
3 - Gate Lodge of the Former Mountain Lodge Mount Austin Road, the Peak [79] Declared Monument
 
4 - Old Site of the Mountain Lodge Lugard Road, the Peak The building was demolished in 1946. Now the site of Victoria Peak Garden
 
5 - Pinewood Battery Lung Fu Shan Country Park
 
6 - Boundary Stone, City of Victoria Hatton Road, 400 m from its start at Kotewall Road
 
7 - Stone House 15 Kotewall Road, Mid-Levels Grade III Historic Building. Now a private residence.

Section B

Name Location Notes/References Photographs
8 - Old Halls, the University of Hong Kong Mid-Levels Old Halls is a collective name given in 1966 to Lugard, Eliot and May Halls. Only Eliot and May Halls remain.
 
9 - Main Building, the University of Hong Kong Mid-Levels The exterior of the building is a Declared Monument
 
10 - Hung Hing Ying Building, the University of Hong Kong Mid-Levels The exterior of the building is a Declared Monument
 
11 - Elliot Pumping Station and Filters Workmen's Quarters Pok Fu Lam Road, Kennedy Town Grade II Historic Building
12 - Former Fung Ping Shan Museum (University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong) 94 Bonham Road The Fung Ping Shan Building is a Grade II Historic Building
 
13 - Tang Chi Ngong Building, the University of Hong Kong Mid-Levels The exterior of the building is a Declared Monument
 
14 - King's College 63A Bonham Road, Sai Ying Pun Grade II Historic Building
 
15 - Kau Yan Church 97A High Street, Sai Ying Pun Grade III Historic Building
 
16 - Old Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital 36A Western Street, Sai Ying Pun Grade III Historic Building. Named "Western District Community Centre" since 1973.
 
17 - Main Building of St. Stephen's Girls' College 2 Lyttelton Road, Mid-Levels Declared Monument
 
18 - Old Site of Diocesan Boys' School 9A Bonham Road Now the Bonham Road Government Primary School
19 - Old Lunatic Asylum (Chinese Block) 45 Eastern Street, Sai Ying Pun Grade II Historic Building. Now the Eastern Street Methadone Clinic.
 
20 - Old Mental Hospital 2 High Street, Sai Ying Pun [100] The façade is a Grade I Historic Building. Now part of the Sai Ying Pun Community Complex.
 
21 - Upper Levels Police Station 1F High Street, Sai Ying Pun Grade III Historic Building. Now used as the Crime Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters.
 
22 - St. Louis School 179 Third Street, Sai Ying Pun Grade III Historic Building
 
23 - Ex-Western Fire Station 12 Belcher's Street, Kennedy Town Grade III Historic Building. Converted into the Po Leung Kuk Chan Au Big Yan Home for the Elderly.
 
24 - Fok Hing Tong, Hong Kong Society for the Promotion of Virtue 8-9 Tai Pak Terrace
25 - Lo Pan Temple 15 Ching Lin Terrace, Kennedy Town Grade I Historic Building
 

See also

References

  1. ^ "Office of Former Chief Executives". Administrative Wing, Chief Secretary for Administration's Office. HKSAR Government. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ Ciname Treasures - Ko Shing Theatre
  3. ^ The Peak Lookout December 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

External links

  • The Central Route
  • The Sheung Wan Route
  • The Western District and the Peak Route

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The Central and Western Heritage Trail is a Heritage Trail in Hong Kong that was designed by the Antiquities and Monuments Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department It covers the Central and Western District of Hong Kong and consists of 3 parts The Central Route 3 sections The Sheung Wan Route 2 sections The Western District and the Peak Route 2 sections Contents 1 The Central Route 1 1 Section A 1 2 Section B 1 3 Section C 2 The Sheung Wan Route 2 1 Section B 2 2 Section A 3 The Western District and the Peak Route 3 1 Section A 3 2 Section B 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksThe Central Route EditSection A Edit Name Location Notes Photographs RefA1 Edinburgh Place 1 A2 Statue Square 2 A3 Cenotaph Chater Road 3 1 Old Hong Kong Club Building 3A Chater Road 3 Jackson Road between Chater Road and Connaught Road Central Built in 1897 demolished in 1981 to make place for the present building 4 A4 Old Supreme Court Legislative Council Building 8 Jackson Road on Statue Square Declared Monument 5 A5 Commemorative Plaque for the Old Site of Cricket Club Chater Garden directly east of the Legislative Council building 6 2 Old Site of Murray House Now the site of the Bank of China Tower Murray House was dismantled and rebuilt in Stanley 7 A6 Commemorative Plaque for the Old Site of City Hall The site is now occupied by the HSBC Main Building 8 3 Old Site of Murray Parade Ground 9 A7 Former French Mission Building Court of Final Appeal 1 Battery Path Declared Monument 10 A8 St John s Cathedral 4 Garden Road Declared Monument 11 Section B Edit Name Location Notes References PhotographsB9 Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware 10 Cotton Tree Drive within the Hong Kong Park 12 Declared Monument B10 Rawlinson House Cotton Tree Drive Marriage Registry 19 Cotton Tree Drive 13 Grade II Historic Building B11 Cassels Block Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre 7A Kennedy Road within the Hong Kong Park 14 Grade II Historic Building B12 North and West Blocks of St Joseph s College 7 Kennedy Road 15 Declared Monuments B13 28 Kennedy Road Office of the Former Chief Executives of the HKSAR 28 Kennedy Road 16 Grade I Historic Building 1 B14 First Church of Christ Scientist HK 31 MacDonnell Road 17 Grade II Historic Building B15 St Paul s Co educational College 33 MacDonnell Road 18 Grade III Historic Building B16 Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens Upper Albert Road 19 B17 Main Building the Helena May Garden Road 20 Declared Monument 4 Peak Tram Terminus 33 Garden Road 21 Section C Edit Name Location Notes References PhotographsC18 Government House Upper Albert Road 22 Declared Monument C19 Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception 16 Caine Road 23 Grade I Historic Building C20 Victoria Prison 16 Old Bailey Street 24 Declared Monument C21 Former Central Magistracy 1 Arbuthnot Road 25 Declared Monument C22 Central Police Station Hollywood Road 26 Declared Monument C23 Original Site of Heng Yian Lou Western Restaurant 2 Lyndhurst Terrace 27 C24 Original Site of the Zhongguo Ribao China Daily Office 24 Stanley Street 28 C25 Commemorative Plaque for Dr Jose Rizal Century Square 1 13 D Aguilar Street 29 C26 Original Site of Hejizhan 24 Wellington Street 30 C27 Old Dairy Farm Building 2 Lower Albert Road 31 Grade II Historic Building Houses the Fringe Club and the Foreign Correspondents Club C28 Bishop s House 1 Lower Albert Road 32 Grade I Historic Building C29 St Paul s Church Glenealy 33 C30 Duddell Street Steps and Gas Lamps Duddell Street 34 Declared Monument 5 Old Site of Pedder Street Clock Tower Junction of Queen s Road Central and Pedder Street 35 Demolished in 1913 C31 Pedder Building 12 Pedder Street 36 Grade II Historic Building C32 Commemorative Plaque for the Original Waterfront in 1841 Central Building 37 C33 Commemorative Plaque for the Praya Reclamation of 1843 65 Chater House 11 Chater Road Plaque located on Pedder Street facade 38 C34 Commemorative Plaque for the Praya Reclamation of 1890 1904 Chater House 11 Chater Road 39 6 Old Site of the General Post Office Between Connaught Road Central Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road Central 40 Demolished in the 1970s Present site of the World Wide House The Sheung Wan Route EditSection B Edit Name Location Notes References Photographs1 Old Site of the Central Fire Station Des Voeux Road Central 41 Location of the Hang Seng Bank Headquarters Building2 Central Market 80 Des Voeux Road Central Central 42 Grade III Historic Building 3 Pottinger Street 43 Nicknamed Stone Slabs Street 石板街 4 Original Site of the Hong Kong Headquarters of the Xingzhonghui Revive China Society 13 Staunton Street 44 5 Muslim Mosque 30 Shelley Street Sheung Wan 45 Grade I Historic Building Jamia Mosque 6 Ohel Leah Synagogue 70 Robinson Road at the junction with Castle Road 46 Grade I Historic Building 7 London Mission Building 78 and 80 Robinson Road 47 Grade III Historic Building Now a private clubhouse 8 Kom Tong Hall 7 Castle Road Central 48 Grade II Historic Building Houses the Dr Sun Yat sen Museum since December 2006 9 Original Site of the Daoji Mission House 59 Hollywood Road 49 10 Old Site of the Alice Memorial Hospital and Hong Kong College of Medicine 77 81 Hollywood Road 50 11 Original Site of the Furen Literary Society Pak Tsz Lane 51 12 Site of the school where Yeung Ku wan was assassinated by Qing agents 52 Gage Street corner of Aberdeen Street 52 13 Original Site of Yang Yao Ji meeting place for The Four Bandits 24 Gough Street original address is at 6 Gough Street 53 14 Commemorative Plaque for Dr James Legge 44 Gough Street 54 15 Original Site of the Central School 44 Gough Street 55 16 Original Site of the Queen s College Aberdeen Street 56 17 Original Site of the American Congregational Mission Preaching House 2 Bridges Street now Bridges Street Market 57 Section A Edit Name Location Notes References Photographs18 Man Mo Temple 124 130 Hollywood Road 58 Grade I Historic Building 19 Chinese Young Men s Christian Association of Hong Kong Chinese Y M C A 51 Bridges Street 59 20 Old Pathological Institute Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences 2 Caine Lane 60 Declared Monument 21 Old Site of the Police Officers Quarters Caine Road Between Caine Road and Seymour Road 61 The site has been turned into a park the Caine Road Garden 22 Hop Yat Church 2 Bonham Road 62 Grade II Historic Building 23 One of the Original Sites of Tongmenghui United League Reception Centre Po Hing Fong 63 24 Commemorative Plaque for the Outbreak of the Bubonic Plague in 1894 Blake Garden 64 25 Kwong Fook I Tsz Tai Ping Shan Street 65 26 Tai Ping Shan Street 66 27 Tung Wah Hospital 12 Po Yan Street 67 The Main Block is a Grade III Historic Building 28 Hollywood Road 68 29 Old Site of the Possession Point Shui Hang Hau Hollywood Road Park near Possession Street 69 30 Old Site of the Tai Tat Tei Hollywood Road Park 70 31 Old Site of the Ko Shing Theatre 117 Queen s Road West 2 71 The theatre was demolished in 1973 32 Bonham Strand 72 33 Old Site of the Nam Pak Hong Union Bonham Strand West 73 34 Old Site of the Western Market South Block Sheung Wan Complex 345 Queen s Road Central 74 The South Block built in 1858 was demolished in 1980 It was replaced by Sheung Wan Complex 35 Western Market North Block 323 Des Voeux Road Central 75 Declared Monument The Western District and the Peak Route EditWestern District comprises three small districts namely Sai Ying Pun Shek Tong Tsui and Kennedy Town Section A Edit Name Location Notes References Photographs1 Peak Tram Terminus 33 Garden Road 76 2 Old Peak Cafe 121 Peak Road the Peak 77 Grade II Historic Building Renamed The Peak Lookout in 2001 3 3 Gate Lodge of the Former Mountain Lodge Mount Austin Road the Peak 78 79 Declared Monument 4 Old Site of the Mountain Lodge Lugard Road the Peak 80 The building was demolished in 1946 Now the site of Victoria Peak Garden 5 Pinewood Battery Lung Fu Shan Country Park 81 6 Boundary Stone City of Victoria Hatton Road 400 m from its start at Kotewall Road 82 7 Stone House 15 Kotewall Road Mid Levels 83 Grade III Historic Building Now a private residence Section B Edit Name Location Notes References Photographs8 Old Halls the University of Hong Kong Mid Levels 84 Old Halls is a collective name given in 1966 to Lugard Eliot and May Halls Only Eliot and May Halls remain 9 Main Building the University of Hong Kong Mid Levels 85 86 The exterior of the building is a Declared Monument 10 Hung Hing Ying Building the University of Hong Kong Mid Levels 87 88 The exterior of the building is a Declared Monument 11 Elliot Pumping Station and Filters Workmen s Quarters Pok Fu Lam Road Kennedy Town 89 Grade II Historic Building12 Former Fung Ping Shan Museum University Museum and Art Gallery the University of Hong Kong 94 Bonham Road 90 The Fung Ping Shan Building is a Grade II Historic Building 13 Tang Chi Ngong Building the University of Hong Kong Mid Levels 91 92 The exterior of the building is a Declared Monument 14 King s College 63A Bonham Road Sai Ying Pun 93 Grade II Historic Building 15 Kau Yan Church 97A High Street Sai Ying Pun 94 Grade III Historic Building 16 Old Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital 36A Western Street Sai Ying Pun 95 Grade III Historic Building Named Western District Community Centre since 1973 17 Main Building of St Stephen s Girls College 2 Lyttelton Road Mid Levels 96 97 Declared Monument 18 Old Site of Diocesan Boys School 9A Bonham Road 98 Now the Bonham Road Government Primary School19 Old Lunatic Asylum Chinese Block 45 Eastern Street Sai Ying Pun 99 Grade II Historic Building Now the Eastern Street Methadone Clinic 20 Old Mental Hospital 2 High Street Sai Ying Pun 100 The facade is a Grade I Historic Building Now part of the Sai Ying Pun Community Complex 21 Upper Levels Police Station 1F High Street Sai Ying Pun 101 Grade III Historic Building Now used as the Crime Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters 22 St Louis School 179 Third Street Sai Ying Pun 102 Grade III Historic Building 23 Ex Western Fire Station 12 Belcher s Street Kennedy Town 103 Grade III Historic Building Converted into the Po Leung Kuk Chan Au Big Yan Home for the Elderly 24 Fok Hing Tong Hong Kong Society for the Promotion of Virtue 8 9 Tai Pak Terrace 104 25 Lo Pan Temple 15 Ching Lin Terrace Kennedy Town 105 Grade I Historic Building See also Edit Hong Kong portalReferences Edit Office of Former Chief Executives Administrative Wing Chief Secretary for Administration s Office HKSAR Government Retrieved 9 March 2017 Ciname Treasures Ko Shing Theatre The Peak Lookout Archived December 16 2008 at the Wayback MachineExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Central and Western Heritage Trail The Central Route The Sheung Wan Route The Western District and the Peak Route Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Central and Western Heritage Trail amp oldid 1107648858, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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