Old Wan Chai Post Office
| Old Wan Chai Post Office | |
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舊灣仔郵政局 | |
| File:Old Wan Chai Post Office.jpg The building's exterior. | |
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| Former names | Wan Chai Post Office |
| General information | |
| Status | Declared monument |
| Location | 221 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong |
| Current tenants | Environmental Protection Department |
| Estimated completion | 1912/1913 |
| Opened | 1 March 1915 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 舊灣仔郵政局 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 旧湾仔邮政局 | ||||||||||||
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The Old Wan Chai Post Office is the oldest surviving post office building in Hong Kong.[1] It is situated at No. 221 Queen's Road East, at the junction with Wan Chai Gap Road.
History
[edit | edit source]The building was erected between 1912 and 1913, and opened on 1 March 1915 as the Wan Chai Post Office.[1] It is not known whether the building was originally built and designed for such purpose. The post office ceased to operate in 1992, after having served the Wan Chai community continuously for 77 years.[citation needed]
Features
[edit | edit source]The Old Wan Chai Post Office is an L-shaped building. It is a simple pitched-roof structure with attractive gable ends and mouldings.[citation needed]
Environmental Resource Centre
[edit | edit source]The building was operated by the Environmental Protection Department as an Environmental Resource Centre (環保軒) in 1993.[2] From 2024, it has been repurposed as the ‘kNOw Carbon House’ (識「碳」館) to promote carbon neutrality in Hong Kong. [3][4][5]
Conservation
[edit | edit source]The Old Wan Chai Post Office became a declared monument on 18 May 1990.[6] It is the only building declared as a monument in the Wan Chai area.[citation needed]
See also
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- Declared monuments of Hong Kong
- List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong
- Wan Chai District
- Wan Chai Heritage Trail
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Antiquities and Monuments Office – Old Wan Chai Post Office
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- ^ Environment Protection Department – List of Declared Monuments as on 1 January 1999 Archived 28 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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- Wan Chai Environmental Resource Centre Archived 13 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- Film Service Office Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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- 1913 establishments in Hong Kong
- Declared monuments of Hong Kong
- Government buildings completed in 1913
- History museums in Hong Kong
- Nature centres in Hong Kong
- Post office buildings in Hong Kong
- Queen's Road East
- Wan Chai
- British colonial architecture in Hong Kong
- Asian museum stubs
- Hong Kong building and structure stubs