Four Mansions ( zh, c=四大厝, p=Sì dà cuò) were four elaborate Chinese-style mansions built by four
Teochew businessmen in the late 19th century in
Singapore.
The mansions are as follows:
*''House of
Tan Seng Poh Tan Seng Poh (1830 - 13 December 1879), was a chairman of the Singapore Municipal Committee, a Justice of the Peace and an honorary magistrate.
Biography
Tan was born in 1830 in Ipoh, as the son of Tan Ah Hun, the Kapitan Cina of Perak. When he wa ...
'' (1869). It was located at the junction of Loke Yew Street and Hill Street, diagonally opposite the House of Wee Ah Hood.
*''House of
Seah Eu Chin
Seah Eu Chin (; a.k.a. Siah U-chin, Seah Uchin or Seah You Chin; 18051883) was an immigrant from South China to Singapore, later becoming a successful merchant, a prominent descendant of Seah Clan and leader in the Overseas Chinese communit ...
'' (1872). Located along
North Boat Quay, the site is currently the field in front of
Parliament House
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* Parliament House, Brisbane, Parliament of Queensland
* Parliament House, Darwin, Parliame ...
.
*''House of
Wee Ah Hood'' (1878; zh, c=大夫第, p=Dàfū Dì). The
Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry bought over the mansion soon after it was formed and remains on the site since then. However, it was replaced by a new building in 1961.
*''
House of Tan Yeok Nee'' (1885; zh, c=资政第, p=Zīzhèng Dì). Declared as a
national monument
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in 1974, it is the most elaborate and the only surviving one of the "Four Great Mansions"
References
Houses in Singapore
Teochew culture in Singapore
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