Grand Hotel, 1986 : side view [1]



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01 Jun 1986

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This 1986 photograph shows a side view of one of the buildings of Grand Hotel, located at Still Road South. The Victorian-style building has architectural features like Corinthian columns, decorative arches and plaster facade decorations. The octagonal structure at one end of the building and a balcony with iron lacework railings are depicted in the picture. Grand Hotel, a Victorian-style complex was built in 1917 and used as a private residence by Moona Kadir Sultan, a wealthy Indian merchant. The complex was then-named Karikal Mahal, after the merchant’s hometown of Karikal in Tamil Nadu (India). Grand Hotel itself was established in 1947 and closed in 2000. Title devised by Library staff.


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Historic buildings--Singapore--Photographs

Hotels--Singapore--Photographs

Architecture--Singapore--Details--Photographs

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Buildings

Architecture

Historic buildings

Commercial buildings

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All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

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