Anson is a subzone located within the
Downtown Core
The Downtown Core is the historical and downtown centre of the city-state of Singapore and the main commercial area in Singapore excluding reclaimed lands with many integrated resorts such as the Marina Bay Sands, one of the most expensive build ...
district of
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
. Its namesake road, Anson Road, was built in 1879 and is named after
Major-General Sir Archibald Anson, a former Lieutenant-Governor of Penang, and probably also after Commodore George Anson, Naval Commander of Far East Squadron in 1815.
Buildings in Anson include the Anson Centre (built in 1971), Anson House, Hub Synergy Point,
Springleaf Tower
Springleaf Tower () is a 37- storey, office and residential skyscraper located in the central business district of Singapore located on 3 Anson Road and near Prince Edward Road, The development is in the zone of Shenton Way and Tanjong Pagar n ...
, the
International Plaza, MapleTree Anson, M Hotel Singapore,
Fuji Xerox Towers
Fuji Xerox Towers (formerly IBM Towers) is a high-rise skyscraper located in Downtown Core, Singapore. It is located on 80 Anson Road, in the zone of Shenton Way and Tanjong Pagar. The building sits within four roads, namely Tanjong Pagar Road, ...
and
AXA Tower.
References
Sources
*
Roads in Singapore
{{Singapore-road-stub