20 May 2020 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Rubric: General, Hotels
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The Fullerton Hotel Singapore is a
five-star luxury hotel located near the mouth of the
Singapore River, in the
Downtown Core of the
Central Area, Singapore. It was originally known as the
Fullerton Building, and also as the
General Post Office Building. The address is 1 Fullerton Square. The Fullerton Building was named after
Robert Fullerton, the first
Governor of the Straits Settlements (1826–1829). Commissioned in 1924 as part of the
British colony‘s centennial celebrations, the building was designed as an office building by Major P.H. Keys of Keys & Dowdeswell, a Shanghai firm of architects, which won the project through an
architectural design competition. The
architectural firm also designed the
Capitol Theatre, its adjoined
Capitol Building and the
Singapore General Hospital.
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