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Location
: Shih Chung
Branch School, Penang
Visit date : 2008 |
Current Status:
Abandoned and hoarded up. Grounds
used as a public carpark. |
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in the 1880's, this was to be one of the first of the tallest
buildings ever to be built in Penang. The building was first
used as the private residence of Cheah Tek Soon, then in 1910
it was turned into "Raffles by the sea", a hotel
run by the Tye brothers. Much later in the buildings life
it was used for the Pi' Joo Girls school, and lastly it became
the 'Shih Chung Branch School' before it was ultimately abandoned.
In recent years the site has suffered from fire and all the
upper floors have since collapsed. Peeking through what is
left of the old floor boards up to the upper levels, one can
still see some impressive surviving decorations, including
an ornate wooden partition wall adorned with gilded swastikas.
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