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Old Wan Chai Post Office

Coordinates: 22°16′28″N 114°10′24″E / 22.27434°N 114.17324°E / 22.27434; 114.17324
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Old Wan Chai Post Office
舊灣仔郵政局
The building's exterior.
Map
Former namesWan Chai Post Office
General information
StatusDeclared monument
Address221 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai
Country Hong Kong
Current tenantsEnvironmental Protection Department
Estimated completion1912/1913
Opened1 March 1915
Old Wan Chai Post Office
Traditional Chinese舊灣仔郵政局
Simplified Chinese旧湾仔邮政局
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiù Wān Zǎi Yóuzhèngjú
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGauh wāan jái yàuh jing guhk
JyutpingGau6 waan1 zai2 jau4 zing3 guk6
The building's interior
Mailboxes
Courtyard

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

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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

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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

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The building was operated by the Environmental Protection Department as an Environmental Resource Centre (環保軒) in 1993.[2] From 2024, it has been repurposed as the ‘kNOw Carbon House’ (識「碳」館) to promote carbon neutrality in Hong Kong. [3][4][5]

Conservation

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The Old Wan Chai Post Office became a declared monument on 18 May 1990.[6] It is the only building declared as a monument in the Wan Chai area.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Antiquities and Monuments Office – Old Wan Chai Post Office
  2. ^ "香港估估吓：邊度有間最歷史悠久郵政局". on.cc東網 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Environmental Resource Centres | Hong Kong Tourism Board". Discover Hong Kong. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  4. ^ GovHK (www.gov.hk). "GovHK: Environmental Exhibition & Resource Centres". www.gov.hk. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  5. ^ "識「碳」館開幕 教育實踐低碳生活". 東方日報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  6. ^ Environment Protection Department – List of Declared Monuments as on 1 January 1999 Archived 28 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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