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Raffles Hotel
Raffles Hotel: Cruce Bras Basah Road y North Bridge Road - Singapore by BugWarp 02
Raffles Hotel: (1887) Raffles Hotel

Photo: Marine Photo Service · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

Hotel · Singapore, Singapore

Raffles Hotel

On the globe
Dated
1887; main building 1899
Declared purpose
Hotel
Today
Survives, hotel
Region
Asia
Architect of record
Regent Alfred John Bidwell, architect: about 28 when credited (1897, born 1869). Build time on record: .All architects of record →
On the list as
Documented

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

A colonial hotel founded in 1887 by the Sarkies brothers.

  1. Colonial grandeur

    A grand white colonial hotel.

  2. Restored

    It was restored in 1991 and 2019.

  3. Architect of record

    Regent Alfred John Bidwell (born 1869) was about 28 when credited with the design in 1897. The Architects of Record page asks how often a young or little-known name delivers a landmark.

Questions worth asking

  • Why so grand?

Possible original uses

  • Hotel

What the photos show

Sources

Further viewing

Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.

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