List of the oldest buildings and structures in Hong Kong

The following is a list of the oldest buildings and structures in Hong Kong.

Before 1800

Although Hong Kong was sparsely populated prior to the arrival of the British, the area has a number of historic structures:

Building Year completed Builder Source Location Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum 25-220AD Sham Shui Po District Tung Chung Fort 1174–1189 Tung Chung Tin Hau Temple, Joss House Bay 1266 Sai Kung District Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda 15th century Ping ShanTang Ancestral Hall 14th century Ping ShanYu Kiu Ancestral Hall 16th century Ping ShanSau Choi Mansion Ping Shan Law Uk Folk Museum 18th century Chai Wan Tung Lung Fort 1719–1724 Sai Kung District Fan Lau Fort 1729 Lantau Entrance Tower of Ma Wat Wai FanlingKun Lung Gate Tower 1744 FanlingSam Tung Uk 1786 Tsuen Wan

19th century

Most of the buildings built during this period was by the British and mostly on Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula:

Building Year completed Builder Style Source Location Yeung Hau Temple 1811 Ha Tsuen Tung Chung Battery 1817 Tung Chung Stanley Fort 1840s? Victorian Stanley Victoria Barracks, Hong Kong 1840s–1874 Victorian Central Victoria Prison 1841 Victorian Central Murray House 1844 Major Aldrich and Lieutenant Collinson of the Royal Engineers Classical re-located to Stanley from Central Flagstaff House 1846 Colonial Central remains of the Kowloon Walled City and Yamen Building 1847 Kowloon St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong 1847 Victorian Gothic Central Bishop's House 1848 Tudor Revival Central Government House, Hong Kong 1855 Charles St George Cleverly Colonial / Japanese Central Old Stanley Police Station 1859 Victorian Stanley University Hall (University of Hong Kong) 1861 Tudor and Gothic Douglas LapraikPok Fu Lam Central Police Station – Barracks block 1864 Colonial CentralFat Tong Chau Old Chinese Customs Station 1868 Junk Island, Sai Kung Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse 1875 Cape D'Aguilar Green Island Lighthouse Compound 1875, 1905 Green Island, Hong Kong Hong Kong Observatory 1883 Colonial Tsim Sha Tsui Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound 1884 Colonial Tsim Sha Tsui Lei Yue Mun Fort 1887 Lei Yue Mun Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hong Kong) 1888 Crawley and Company Gothic Revival Mid-Levels Old Dairy Farm Depot 1892 Danby & Leigh Eclectic architectural Central Waglan Lighthouse 1893 Old Tai Po Police Station 1899 Tai Po

Early 20th century

Building Year completed Builder Style Source Location Ohel Leah Synagogue 1901–1902 Colonial Sephardic Mid-levels Former Kowloon British School 1902 Victorian Tsim Sha Tsui Gate Lodge 1902–1904 Renaissance Victoria Peak Old British Military Hospital 1903 Mid-Levels Old Pathological Institute 1905 Mid-Levels Western Market 1906 Edwardian Central St. Andrew's Church (Kowloon) 1906 Victorian-GothicTsim Sha Tsui Old District Office North 1907 Tai PoSignal Hill Tower 1907 Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower, Hong Kong 1910 Greek-revival Tsim Sha Tsui Central Police Station – HQ Block, Blocks A-D 1910 Central University of Hong Kong Main Building 1910–1912 Leigh & Orange Mid-levels Legislative Council Building 1912 Sir Aston Webb Neo-Classical Central Old Wan Chai Post Office 1912–1913 Greek-revival Wan Chai Former Central Magistracy 1913–1914 Greek-revival Central Elliot Hall, University of Hong Kong 1914 Edwardian Mid-Levels Ex-Commodore's House 1914 Neoclassicism Central Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum 1914 Greek-revival Central May Hall, University of Hong Kong 1915 Edwardian Mid-Levels The Main Building, The Helena May 1916 Central Former French Mission Building 1917 Neoclassical Central Hung Hing Ying Building, the University of Hong Kong 1919 Neoclassical North Block of St. Joseph's College 1920 CentralOld Kowloon Fire Station 1920Tsim Sha Tsui Main Building at St. Stephen's Girls' College 1923Mid-LevelsPedder Building 1923Central Sham Shui Po Police Station 1924 Sham Shui Po Central Police Station Stable Block 1925 Tsim Sha Tsui West Block of St. Joseph's College 1925 Central Yau Ma Tei Police Station 1925 Yau Ma Tei The Church of Christ in China Hop Yat Church 合一堂 1926 Tsim Sha Tsui The Peninsula Hong Kong 1928 Tsim Sha Tsui Tang Chi Ngong Building, the University of Hong Kong 1929 Diocesan Boys' School 1929 Mongkok/ Ho Man TinShum Residence (General House, Hip Wai House, & Shum Ancestral Hall)(上將府主樓)1932MixedFung Kat Heung, Kam Tin, Yuen Long, New Territories Fanling Lodge 1934Public Works DepartmentMixed Fanling The Haw Par Mansion 1935 Chinese Renaissance Tai Hang Tung Lin Kok Yuen 1935 Chinese Renaissance Happy Valley Morrison Building in Hoh Fuk Tong Centre 1936 Tuen Mun King Yin Lei 1937 A.R. Fenton-Rayen Chinese Renaissance Mid-Levels Holy Trinity Cathedral 1937 Chinese Traditional Kowloon City

Post-World War II

Building Year completed Builder Source Location Bank of China Building 1952 Central City Hall, Hong Kong 1962 Central Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier 1957 Central Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier 1957 Tsim Sha Tsui Queen's Pier 1957 Ron Phillips and Alan Fitch Central Central Government Offices 1957 Central

See also

Declared monuments of Hong Kong Heritage conservation in Hong Kong Old Industrial Buildings Revitalization in Hong Kong