Old Wan Chai Post Office

Old Wan Chai Post Office
舊灣仔郵政局
The building's exterior.
Former names	Wan Chai Post Office
General information
Status	Declared monument
Address	221 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai
Country	Hong Kong
Current tenants	Environmental Protection Department
Estimated completion	1912/1913
Opened	1 March 1915

The Old Wan Chai Post Office is the oldest surviving post office building in Hong Kong.^[1] It is situated at No. 221 Queen's Road East, at the junction with Wan Chai Gap Road.

History

The building was erected between 1912 and 1913, and opened on 1 March 1915 as the Wan Chai Post Office.^[1] It is not known whether the building was originally built and designed for such purpose. The post office ceased to operate in 1992, after having served the Wan Chai community continuously for 77 years.^{[citation needed]}

Features

The Old Wan Chai Post Office is an L-shaped building. It is a simple pitched-roof structure with attractive gable ends and mouldings.^{[citation needed]}

Environmental Resource Centre

The building is now operated by the Environmental Protection Department as an Environmental Resource Centre.^{[citation needed]}

Conservation

The Old Wan Chai Post Office became a declared monument on 18 May 1990.^[2] It is the only building declared as a monument in the Wan Chai area.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Declared monuments of Hong Kong
• List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong
• Wan Chai District
• Wan Chai Heritage Trail

References

External links

• Media related to Old Wan Chai Post Office at Wikimedia Commons
• Wan Chai Environmental Resource Centre
• Film Service Office

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Heritage conservation in Hong Kong

Government

• Antiquities and Monuments Office
• Antiquities Advisory Board
• Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance
• Urban Renewal Authority

Lists

• Declared monuments
• Grade I buildings
• Grade II buildings
• Grade III buildings
• Oldest buildings

Museums

• Heritage Discovery Centre
• Heritage Museum
• Museum of History
• Government Records Service

Heritage trails

• Central and Western
• Dr Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail
• Lung Yeuk Tau
• Pinewood Battery
• Ping Shan
• Tai Tam Waterworks
• Wan Chai

Schemes

• Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme
• Old industrial buildings revitalization

Notable cases

Demolished	Kowloon Station (1978) Hong Kong Club Building (1980) Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier (2006) Queen's Pier (2007) Lee Tung Street (2007) Ho Tung Gardens (2013) Tung Tak Pawn Shop (2015) Union Church (2017)
Preserved	Ohel Leah Synagogue (1987) Morrison Building (2003) Jessville (2007) King Yin Lei (2007) Wing Lee Street (2011) State Theatre (2017) Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir (2020)
Relocated	Murray House (2002) Blake Pier (2007)
Pending	Nam Koo Terrace Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen Stone House (Diamond Hill) Wan Chai Police Station

Adaptive reuse

Completed	Blue House Bridges Street Market Central Market Chai Wan Factory Estate Dairy Farm cowsheds Dairy Farm Depot District Office North Former Explosives Magazine Fanling Magistracy Former French Mission Building Island House Kowloon British School Kowloon Fire Station Lai Chi Kok Hospital Lui Seng Chun Ma Tau Kok Animal Quarantine Depot Marine Police Headquarters Mei Ho House North Kowloon Magistracy Old House, Hoi Pa Village PMQ Former RAF Kai Tak station buildings Former Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Shek Kip Mei Factory Estate Sheung Shui Police Station Stanley Police Station Tai Kwun (Central Police Station, Central Magistracy, Victoria Prison) Tai O Police Station Tai Po Police Station Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital Blocks of Victoria Barracks Wan Chai Post Office Western Market Blocks of Whitfield Barracks Yau Ma Tei Theatre
Pending	British Military Hospital Engineer's Office of the Former Pumping Station Fong Yuen Study Hall Haw Par Mansion Homi Villa King Yin Lei Luen Wo Market No. 27 Lugard Road Tai Tam Tuk Raw Water Pumping Station Staff Quarters Compound Old House, Wong Uk Village
Facadism	Old Mental Hospital Wan Chai Market

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