Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Island House

Island House is located on Island House Lane, Yuen Chau Tsai , in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.

History


Built in 1905, Island House was built as the residence for the first British Police Magistrate appointed in 1898.

It was also the official residence of the District Officer and residence of District Commissioners for the New Territories. Island House had been resided in by a total of 15 District Commissioners since 1949. The last resident of the Island House was Sir David Akers-Jones, who became in 1985.

Since then, it has become the Island House Conservation Studies Centre after it was passed to the custodianship of .

It is one of the declared monuments of Hong Kong.

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