Government House, Hong Kong
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Government House, located on Government Hill in Central, Hong Kong, is the official residence of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. It was constructed in 1855 as a Colonial Renaissance-style building,
Government House, Hong Kong
The façade of the Government House
Botanical Garden & Government house (photo taken between 1860–1880)
Government House in 1868
British Hong Kong
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Hong Kong was a Crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1982, and a dependent territory from 1 January 1983 to 30 June 1997. However, from 1941 to 1945, it was under a period of Japanese occup
Government House, Hong Kong
…current hybrid Japanese–neoclassical form. Government House was the official residence of the Governor from 1855 to 1997, when the territory was under British rule. Of the 28 governors of Hong Kong, 25 have used this building as their official residence. Located between Upper Albert Road and Lower Albert Road…
Possibly the earliest painting of Hong Kong Island, showing the waterfront settlement which became Victoria City
Spring Garden Lane, 1846
View of Hong Kong, 1855
New York Tribune front page, giving details on 1906 Hong Kong typhoon