George Drumgoole Coleman, also known as George Drumgold Coleman, was an Irish civil architect who played an instrumental role in the design and construction of much of the civil infrastructure in earl
Coleman's Armenian church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator (1835)
Parliament House in 1846, then known as the Public Offices of the Settlement. The building has undergone considerable changes since and not much of Coleman's original design remains.
Caldwell House, one of the few surviving buildings designed by Coleman in Singapore
Istana Kampong Glam, believed to be designed by Coleman, but not confirmed
The Armenian Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator, referred to locally as the Armenian Church, is the oldest surviving Christian church in Singapore, located at Hill Street in the Museum Planning A
George Drumgoole Coleman
…in early Singapore, after it was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819. Only a few of his buildings have survived in Singapore, most notably Armenian Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator, Maxwell's House (later expanded into the Old Parliament House), and Caldwell House. George Drumgoole Coleman was born in Drogheda, County Louth…
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The east front of the church has a bowed apse with a pediment supporting a spire. The inscribed date "1835" commemorates the year the church's foundation was laid.
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan inside the church, during his state visit to Singapore (2012)
The church's interior showing the altar and nave