Hello and good morning. I hope you might be prepared for our at the moment's 'British Colonial Rangoon Sight Seeing'.
All of the colonial buildings we are going to attend are positioned in downtown Yangon, in different phrases, former British Colonial Rangoon correct, and are positioned comparatively shut to 1 one other. The easy grit sample of town's format makes it straightforward to search out ones means round. That's why one of the simplest ways to discover Colonial Rangoon is by foot. Another purpose for strolling as a substitute of utilizing a car is that the everlasting site visitors jams and a power lack of parking house on this space makes the car being extra curse than blessing. We can't and needn't to see all colonial buildings for this could be much an excessive amount of for someday and this text. The tour I've deliberate for at the moment contains 30 main buildings that bear testimonial to Rangoon's current days Yangon's terrific colonial previous. All of them belong to in essence the most valuable jewels of British Colonial Rangoon's treasure trove. And, delight, if you wish to do your self a favour make lashings of images of them as a result of it would beyond question be the final time that you've got the prospect to see the buildings as they're. In the not up to now future there'll a but unknown variety of them be fully disappeared, whole run down or 'restored' in a means that leaves nomatter of their part still current, go away alone former, colonial attraction. We will as a matter of fact see lashings of different part still stunning previous colonial buildings which have fascinating tales to inform still need to hold focussed on these I've chosen for our tour; we are going to in any other case be an excessive amount of distracted and ne'er prepare at the moment. Please keep shut collectively, thoughts your stairs and don't stray from the group. OK, the place to begin of our stroll by means of British Colonial Rangoon would be the former Rangoon General Hospital. From there we proceed to the Holy Trinity Cathedral, positioned in direct neighbourhood of the Scott Market, then to the previous Burmah Railways Headquarters, the previous Rangoon Railway Station, so forth. When we arrive on the buildings I gives you some associated fundamental info. There is as a matter of fact an terrible lot extra to say in regards to the buildings and their historical past still this text doesn't present ample house for all these particulars. Further essential info associated to this you'll find on the finish of this text.
General Hospital
So, women and gents, now we now have arrived on the Yangon, antecedently (Rangoon) General Hospital the place our at the moment's 'Colonial Yangon Sight Seeing Tour' begins. We are right here on Bogyoke Aung San Road, the previous Commissioner's Road. In entrance of us you possibly can see on the opposite aspect of the highway the Hospital, constructed from 1899 to 1905 and opened on 07 May the identical yr. It is right here have been Aung San - who was hospitalised to be handled for the accidents he sustained in 1942 through the Burma Campaign - meets his later married person Daw Khin Kyi who serves right here as senior nurse. Later their third minor will probably be a daughter, which they are going to give the identify Aung San Su Kyi. The Yangon General hospital is also the positioning have been Burmese troopers commit a bloodshed through the insurrection in 1988 by indiscriminately killing many hospital persistence, as a result of they imagine that declared persistence have sustained their wounds through the demonstrations. Please make now your images and allow us to then proceed eastward on Aung San Road (former Commissioner's Road) to the Holy Trinity Cathedral on the nook of Aung San Road (former Montgomery Road) and Shwedagon Pagoda Road, the previous Pagoda Road. Now you might be confused in regards to the avenue names? Well, this aspect of Aung San Road is the previous Commissioner's Road and from the cross-roads on the cathedral on it's the former Montgomery Road.
Cathedral Of The Holy Trinity
Right in entrance of us we now have now the first Anglican cathedral in Burma; the Holy Trinity Cathedral on No. 446 Bogyoke Aung San Road. It is one among Rangoon's earliest colonial buildings. The Holy Trinity Cathedral is on the Yangon Heritage List. Now it's time to transfer on to the previous Scott Market, now Bogyoke Aung San Market. Its principal entrance is about 500 toes/155 metres down Aung San Road from right here in jap course. We will probably be there in few minutes.
Scott Market
Now we now have reached the primary entrance to the long centre corridor of the Scott Market at Bogyoke Aung San Road (former Montgomery Road), since 1948 referred to as Bogyoke Market (by locals Bogyoke Zay (zay which means market), after the Burmese nationwide hero Bogyoke (General) Aung San. Not loosely recognized is that his actual identify (start identify) was Htein Lin; Aung San is the identify he has taken on on the time he was pupil chief. The market is constructed on the premises of a former tram terminus, was opened in 1926 and named after Mr. Garvin Scott, who was from 1917 to 1930 (17 years) Chief Executive Officer of the Rangoon Corporation and through his tenure doubly president of the Rangoon Municipality.
The Bogyoke Aung San Market is on the Yangon Heritage List. OK, let's proceed our tour. When we get out of the market we flip left on the Aung San Road, and move the FMT constructing and the Zawgyi Restaurant. Then we are going to see the Grand May Yaa Hta Executive Residence constructing and our precise focal point, the previous Burma Railways Headquarters on the nook of Aung San Road and Sule Pagoda Road.
Former Burma Railways Headquarters
Here it's, the previous Burma Railways Headquarters constructing advanced on the nook of former Montgomery Road, now Aung San Road and Sule Pagoda Road. In 1896 three railway corporations integrated into one railway firm below contract with the Secretary of State for India; the state-owned 'Burmah Railways Company' has come into being and strikes into this new headquarters.
Central Railway Station
Now we're on Sule Pagoda Road and over there on the appropriate aspect you possibly can already see the railway tracks and the bottom of the railroad terminal. In entrance of us on the opposite aspect of the bridge on which we at the moment are strolling you see the Methodist Church (Scots Kirk) and over there on the appropriate hand aspect the Aung San Sports Grounds & Stadium. Let us now flip proper into Kun Chan Road and get a load at the railroad terminal from its entrance aspect. We proceed to Phayre Street now Pansodan Street; the stairs there in entrance of us lead as much like the fly-over. On Pansodan Street we flip proper, cross the bridge, proceed to Bogyoke Aung San Road, flip left, and abide by with the Aung San Road until Bo Aung Kyaw Road, former Sparks Road. There on the nook of Bo Aung Kyaw Road and Aung San Road is the St. Mary's Cathedral positioned, which is our consequent British colonial focal point.
St. Mary's Cathedral/Cathedral Of Our Lady Of Immaculate Conception
Well, my buddies, this was fairly a little stroll still we now have made it. Here you see Myanmar's largest cathedral, the Saint Mary's Cathedral at No. 372, Bo Aung Kyaw Street. We will now cross the Archbishop's Residence compound positioned behind the cathedral's compound. They have a really good backyard and the Archbishop's Residence is a terrific constructing. It is often not allowed to take this manner with a view to get to Thein Byu Road, the previous Judah Ezekiel Road, still I do know some individuals right here and we will for as soon as use this shortcut. So, we now have crossed the Archbishop's Residence compound and are standing in entrance of it on Thein Byu Road. We flip proper some stairs additive down the road you possibly can see one of many sports activities grounds of the previous St. Paul's English High School. At the nook we flip proper once again onto the previous Frazer/Bigandet Street, now Anawrahta Road from which we are going to see the varsity's principal entrance and principal constructing.
St. Paul's English High School/B.E.H.S. 6 Botataung
We are in entrance of the previous St. Pauls English High School. The former St. Paul's English High School is on the Yangon Heritage List. Let's proceed to the previous Secretariat Building reverse of the primary entrance to the previous St. Paul's High School. Just cross the previous Dalhousie Street, now Maha Bandoola Road and make some images from the varsity. Then we stroll the few yards once more to the cross roads, flip proper and stroll down Thein Byu Road, the previous Judah Ezekiel Road, onside the Secretariat Building until we attain its principal entrance.
Secretariat Building
So we at the moment are on the nook Maha Bandoola Road and Thein Byu Road. The constructing over there on the opposite aspect of Thein Byu Road is the previous British Government Press Building on No. 228 Thein Byu Road.. Well, right here we at the moment are; on former Judah Ezekiel Road, now at No. 300 Thein Byu Road in entrance of the primary entrance to the Secretariat Building. It is without doubt former Rangoon's largest and most spectacular and spectacular British colonial constructing filling the house of a whole block. The Secretariat is bordered right here inside the east by the previous Judah Ezekiel Road, now Thein Byu Road, left from us, inside the south, by the previous Dalhousie Street, now Maha Bandoola Road, proper from us, inside the north, by the previous Bigandet Street, now Anawrahta Road and on the aspect reverse from us, the west, by the previous Sparks Street, now Bo Aung Kyaw Street. The development begins in 1889 and the primary part is accomplished in 1902; the second is accomplished in 1905 and 'The Secretariat' is formally opened the identical yr. After independence on 4 January 1948 the constructing homes works of ministers of the Burmese regime for which purpose it's from 1948 to 1972 by locals referred to as Government Secretariat and from1972 on thus far Ministers' Office. But it's not entirely the truth that 'The Secretariat' is the place from which all of British Burma was subordinate and all body energy is dead that makes it such an immensely essential a part of Burmese historical past; it is also the place have been on 19 July 1947 at 10:30 am the actual prime minister Aung San was dead inside the floor floor room on the north-east nook of the constructing on with 6 ministers of his closet. The room during which Aung San and the members of his closet have been dead has been became a memorial place. The Secretariat is on the Yangon Heritage List.
General Post Office
Here we're. This constructing (No. 39-41 Bo Aung Kyaw Street) on the nook of Strand Road and former Sparks Street, now Bo Aung Kyaw Street, should not be mistaken for the unique submit work from colonial Rangoon occasions. That has been positioned additive down on Strand Road between Sule Pagoda Street and Mogul Street. It was a precise copy of the Bombay submit work and intrinsically a particularly stunning, closely adorned constructing still does sadly not exist any thirster. This constructing is accomplished in 1885 and serves as Burma headquarters of the buying and marketing and agent agency Bulloch Brothers. Later an extension onside Sparks Street was added and accomplished in 1908. The Yangon General Post Office is on the Yangon Heritage List. The consequent constructing of our tour is the one conterminous to the left of the GPO, the J&F Graham & Co. constructing.
J&F Graham And Co. Building
Yes, this right here is the previous J & F Graham & Co. transport and coverage firm's constructing at No. 80 Strand Road and, no, your eyes don't play methods on you for the constructing is after Burma's independence in January 1948 turning into residence to the British Embassy. The constructing was established in 1898 and is on the Yangon Heritage List. Now we proceed strolling down Strand Road in western course. We are crossing 39th Street and Seikkantha Street after which we are going to reach our consequent heritage constructing the Strand Hotel just some stairs away from the Graham & Co. constructing.
Strand Hotel
We have made it and at the moment are standing at No. 92 Strand Road in entrance of the well-known Strand Hotel, which received its identify from the road on which it's positioned. From the subject stand the constructing because it presents itself earlier than us has sadly misplaced much of its unique grandeur and it's not any thirster the shiny subject gem it was throughout Rangoon's colonial period when it was one of many well-known luxurious accommodations of the Sarkies Brothers resort chain of first-class accommodations. However, owing to its identify and terrific previous the Strand Hotel corset properly value to be enclosed right into a tour by means of the British Colonial Rangoon. The Strand Hotel is on the Yangon Heritage List.
Bombay-Burmah Trading Corporation Building
Here it's, the these days fairly insignificant wanting constructing over there on the opposite aspect of the Strand Road on No. 104 Strand Road is the previous headquarter of an organization that has performed an mostly vital function in Burma's historical past; the Bombay-Burmah Trading Corporation Limited. This constructing is accomplished across the 1920s and I couldn't discover out the place the BBTC's earlier Rangoon work was. The firm is also called Bombay Burmah Trading Company and was based by the Wallace Brothers from Edinburgh, Scotland. After Burma Airways (now Myanmar Airways) is based the corporate strikes into this constructing and makes use of it as work. The Building shouldn't get on the Yangon City Heritage List. Let's attend the constructing consequent door throughout 37th Street.
Port Authority/Port Trust Authority Building
This is the Rangoon Port Authority constructing conterminous to the Bombay-Burma Trading Corporation Building. It is positioned at No. 2-20 Pansodan Street ( nook of former Phayre Road, now Pansodan Street and Strand Road). The constructing replaces the previous Rangoon Port Trust Authority Building and occupies the complete house between Pansodan Road and 37th Street. The constructing's development is accomplished in 1928. The constructing is on the Yangon City Heritage List. We do now cross the Pansodan Road to check out the previous Accounts General's Office and Currency Department Building.
Account General's Office And Currency Department
Here at No. 1 Pansodan Street (nook of Strand Road and former Phayre Street, now Pansodan Road) you see the previous regime monetary system centre of British Burma. During the final 35 years of British occasions (with exception of some Three years of Japanese occupation) all accounts in regards to the colony's earnings and expenditure are managed right here). It is the 3-storey former Accounts General's Office and Currency Department Building; one of many huge wheels inside the equipment of British administration. The Account General's Office constructing is accomplished in 1912. The constructing's bottom wing on Bank Street positioned reverse the constructing of the previous Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China is housing the Currency Department and straightaway hit by a Japanese bomb. It is rarely reconstruct and should function warning instance for mindless destruction. After Independence the constructing was used by the Burmese regime as civil court docket. Since the federal government sick to the brand new capital Nay Pyi Taw the constructing is as a court docket and its future corset unsure. We at the moment are once more on the entrance facade of the Account General's Office on the entrance positioned on the nook tower. The Account General's Office is on the Yangon City Heritage List. The constructing consequent door is the Customs House Building.
Customs House
This spectacular Customs House at No. 132 Strand Road was development from 1913 and is accomplished in 1915. In October 1915 the constructing is formally opened and put into service. The constructing still serves its unique objective and is on the Yangon Heritage List. Now allow us to transfer a number of stairs farther down the Strand Road in order that we're in entrance of the constructing left from the Customs House, which is the previous Police Commissioner's Building. The avenue between these 2 buildings is the Maha Bandoola Garden Street and the road on the left aspect of the constructing is the Sule Pagoda Road.
Police Commissioner's Building
Here we're. The monumental 5-storey Police Commissioner's Building reverse from us is a Masonry constructing constructed inside nearly 5 years from 3 March to October 1931 when the constructing was formally opened and put into service. The large constructing is occupying the complete house of the block stretch from former Barr Street, now Maha Bandoola Garden Street to Sule Pagoda Road and is comprising the police commissioner's works and the New Law Court works, the court docket suite of civil and legal District Court and the Rangoon magistracy. Since November 2005, when the Burmese/Myanmar regime sick to Nay Pyi Taw, the constructing is deserted. We will now cross the Strand Road and stroll northwar onside Sule Pagoda Road. The Main entrance to this constructing is on the opposite aspect of the advanced on No. 56-66 Bank Street.
Bank Of Bengal Building
Having arrived on the nook of Strand Road and Sule Pagoda Road we now wear our left the premises of the previous Bank of Bengal. This very stunning constructing is positioned at 15-19 Sule Pagoda Road. It was accomplished in 1914. It homes now the works of the Myanma Economic Branch 3.
Reserve Bank Of India Building
We have now sick on to 24-26 Sule Pagoda Road have been the previous Reserve Bank of India is positioned. The constructing was accomplished in 1936 and stands diagonally throughout the previous Bank of Bengal Building. The constructing is now housing the works of the Central Bank of Myanmar. A number of stairs farther informed Sule Pagoda Road we now have reached the nook of Sule Pagoda Road and Merchant Street and switch proper. Left from us you see the Fytche Square, now Maha Bandoola Garden with the Independence Memorial Monument. We go now over to the Maha Bandoola Garden aspect and switch left into the Maha Bandoola Garden Street, the previous Barr Street and proceed to the previous High Court Building on Maha Bandoola Garden Street.
High Court/Supreme Court
We at the moment are standing reverse the greater than 110 years previous Rangoon High Court constructing's entrance aspect on the former Barr Street, now Maha Bandoola Garden Street. The principal entrance is going through the previous Fytche Square Garden, now Maha Bandoola Garden with the Independence Monument from the place we at the moment are wanting on the constructing. It was (with exception of the Japanese occupation from 1942 to 1945) from 1911 to 1947 residence to the best court docket of British Burma. The former principal entrance on this aspect is closed. The constructing's once more aspect is positioned at former Phayre Road, now No. 89-133 Pansodan Road. The Rangoon High Court is also called Rangoon Chief Court or Supreme Court. The constructing advanced kinds like many British colonial constructing complexes a sq. (or various a rectangle) that's inclosure an inside court docket with garden and backyard. Let's return in southerly course in the direction of Merchant Street. We will pass over the block to the opposite aspect of the High Court. Adjacent to it's the Rangoon Central Telegraph Office. On our means we are going to cease on the former Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation Building, the previous Mercantile Bank of India Building and the previous Oppenheimer & Co Building.
Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corporation Rangoon
Now we're on the nook of former Barr Street, now Maha Bandoola Garden Street and Merchant Street. The constructing at this nook is the previous Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation's (HSBC) Building Rangoon. If you want you may make a photograph. So, now we proceed onside Merchant Street. The constructing consequent to the previous HSBC constructing is the previous Mercantile Bank Of India Building.
Mercantile Bank Of India Building Rangoon
Here we're at No. 554 Merchant Street. Other than that it's in a really poor state not much will be declared with respect to this constructing. Next to the previous commercial enterprise institution constructing is the previous Oppenheimer Building.
Oppenheimer & Co. Building
We at the moment are standing below the portico of the previous Oppenheimer & Co Building on No. 556 Merchant Road. We proceed to stroll westward on Merchant Street to the consequent crossroads Merchant Street and Pansodan Road. There we flip left on Pansodan Road and stroll as much like the bottom of the previous Rangoon High Court. We have reached the crossroads. Before we flip left into Pansodan we check out the yellow-beige colored constructing diagonally reverse from as. That is the previous Sofaer & Co. Building that was intrinsic 1906. Let's proceed to the previous High Court.
Oriental Life Assurance Building
This is No. 545-547 Merchant Street between 36th Street and Pansodan and the constructing is the previous Rangoon works of the Calcutta/India primarily based Oriental Life Assurance. The constructing was accomplished in 1914 and is though being 100 years previous on the time of this writing still an actual jewel inside the string of colonial buildings on Merchant Street. The constructing is now occupied by the Indian Embassy. Please make your images after which we proceed a number of stairs westward to the crossroads Merchant Street and Pansodan Road. There we flip left on Pansodan Road and stroll as much like the bottom of the previous Rangoon High Court.
High Court (Back Side)
We have arrived on the once more aspect of the Rangoon High Court on 89-133 Pansodan Street. This constructing half onside Pansodan Road is extra cruciform than the entrance half on the Maha Bandoola Garden Street aspect. In distinction to the entrance facade right here the primary entrance has an large roofed house exterior the primary assist partitions of the constructing (porch) the highest of which is serving as a gallery with stone balustrade. Also, right here the entrance going through saddleback roo is embellished with a triangular pediment. Since the High Court is in 2006 sick to the brand new capital Nay Pyi Taw this constructing is deserted. The constructing is on the Yangon Heritage List. Let us now check out the conterminous constructing, the Rangoon Central Telegraph Office.
Central Telegraph Office/Government Telegraph Office
Here we're; reverse the previous Government Telegraph Office also called Rangoon Central Telegraph Office these days referred to as Central Telegraph Office. It is positioned at No. 125-133 Pansodan Street (nook of former Dalhousie Road, now Maha Bandoola Road and former Phayre Road, now Pansodan Road) and one other good instance for the great matter about Edwardian structure. The development started in 1913 and the constructing was accomplished in 1917. It is a precise copy of the Government Telegraph Office in Calcutta, now Kolkata/India. The constructing is on the Yangon Heritage List. OK, now we flip left and proceed on Maha Bandoola Road to the Sule Pagoda. You can already see the pagoda forward of us. We will go straight to the Sule Pagoda as a result of from there we now have an first-class get a load at the final colonial buildings of our tour.
We have arrived on former Fytche Square with our backs turned to the Sule Pagoda proper behind us and have really reached the tip of our 'Colonial Rangoon Sight Seeing Tour.
We at the moment are on former Fytche Square with the Sule Pagoda proper behind us. To our left is the previous Rangoon City Hall, positioned throughout from us to the left is the previous Rowe & Co. Building, reverse this constructing is the Immanuel Baptist Church and to our proper reverse the Maha Bandoola Garden with the Independence Memorial is the previous Fytche Square Building. We begin with the Rangoon City Hall and proceed clock-wise.
City Hall
This huge constructing advanced is standing at Maha Bandoola Street on the positioning of the previous Rangoon Municipal constructing, which was much smaller. It has a in the main rectangular floor plan homeward in east to west course with entrances at cut-off corners. The south-west nook is minimize off to regulate to the previous Fytche Square form. The development begins in 1925 and is accomplished in 1935. In 1936 the Rangoon City Hall is formally opened by the Governor of Burma, His Excellency Sir Archibald Cochrane and is since then serving as municipal constructing.
Rowe & Co. Building
Opposite the previous Barr Street, now Maha Bandoola Garden Street aspect of the City Hall you see the previous Rowe & Co. Building at No. 416 Maha Bandoola Road. It is the third and final constructing of Rowe & Co. in Rangoon. In 1901 this new plot of land on the nook Barr Street, now Maha Bandoola Garden Street and Dalhousie Street, now Maha Bandoola Road is discovered. The development of the constructing is accomplished in 1910.
Immanuel Baptist Church
The unique Immanuel Baptist Church constructing is accomplished in 1895 and is thus one among Rangoon's/Yangon's oldest church buildings. The church is nearly fully destroyed through the Japanese occupation and this new church constructing is accomplished in 1952. It is positioned at No. 411 Maha Bandoola Road (nook of former Barr Street, now Maha Bandoola Garden Street and former Dalhousie Street, now Maha Bandoola Road). Its principal entrance is going through the previous Fytche Square, now Sule Pagoda Square. The Immanuel Baptist Church is on the Yangon Heritage List. Let us now stroll a little bit clock-wise across the Sule Pagoda with a view to have a greater view on the previous Fytche Square Building.
Fytche Square Building, Sharraz Building
So, there it's, the 3-storey former Fytche Square Building, also called Sharraz Building. It was accomplished in 1918 and it's positioned at 77-91 Sule Pagoda Road. In 1946 the businesses stopped-up their companies and in early 1947 the constructing was until 1962 occupied by the Civil Supply Board Offices. In the method of implementation of the governments nationalisation programme the constructing was allotted to the Trade Corporation after which used as work of the Ministry of Hotels & Tourism until the federal government sick to the brand new capital Nay Pyi Taw. Now we now have to proceed strolling clockwise half means across the Sule Pagoda with a view to see the Sunni Jumah Bengali Mosque..
Sunni Jumah Bengali Mosque
The constructing over there at 93 Sule Pagoda Road is the Sunni Jamah Bengali Mosque. The mosque was based and supported by elements of the group of immigrants from Bengal. Now, delight look upwards Sule Pagoda Road to the place I'm pointing. You see the grey constructing with the tower on the left aspect some 200 yards forward of us? Well, that's the Rangoon Municipal Central Fire Station and the final British Colonial Building of our British Colonial Rangoon Sightseeing Tour.
Municipal Central Fire Station
This is the Central Fire Station, antecedently the Rangoon Municipality Central Fire Station at 137-139 Sule Pagoda Road. It was accomplished 1912. In 1883 the Rangoon Municipal Committee had a hearth brigade established and began to construct hearth Stations of the Cross in townships. The prime of this tower served as everlasting lookout for once more then it was potential to miss a large space as a result of most constructing weren't greater than 2 storeys. This hearth station is to nowadays - greater than 100 years after its completion - in use.
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