Photo: Jan Bockaert · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Government building · Kolkata, India
Writers' BuildingSuspected
- Dated
- From 1777; refaced 1880s
- Declared purpose
- Offices of the East India Company's writers
- Today
- Survives, state secretariat
- Region
- India
- Architect of record
- Thomas Lyon, builder: about when credited (1777, born ). Build time on record: .All architects of record →
- On the list as
- Suspected
Why it's on the list
A 1777 office block refaced in Greco-Roman style a century later.
Hidden history
Found, Not Built
The East India Company's 1777 clerks' building, refaced with a Greco-Roman front in the 1880s.
Why researchers flag it
A 1777 office block refaced in Greco-Roman style a century later.
Refaced
A century-old building got a new classical skin.
Statues
Statues line the roof.
Questions worth asking
- What lies behind the new face?
Possible original uses
- Government
What the photos show
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Sources
Further viewing
Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.
