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Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall
Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall: KITLV - 33196 - Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall in Singapore - circa 1900
Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall: 2016 Singapur, Downtown Core, Teatr Wiktorii i Hala Koncertowa (02)

Photo: Kleingrothe, C.J. (Kleingrothe, Carl Josef, 1864-1925) / Medan · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

Opera house · Singapore, Singapore

Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall

On the globe
Dated
1862; 1905
Declared purpose
Town hall and theatre
Today
Survives, still a theatre
Region
Asia
Architect of record
John Bennett, architect: about when credited (1856, born ). Build time on record: .All architects of record →
On the list as
Documented

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

A town hall of 1862 joined by a memorial hall in 1905 under a single clock tower.

  1. Two buildings

    Two halls joined by a tower.

  2. Convict labour

    Convicts helped build the town hall.

Questions worth asking

  • Who built it?

Possible original uses

  • Theatre

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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