Bethesda (Katong) Church, 1935 : exterior [5]
- Streets and Places
- Lee Kip Lin Collection
- 9 Feb 1992
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This 1992 photograph shows Bethesda (Katong) Church at Pennefather Road. Built in 1935, the church was extended in 1947 and 1949 through construction and acquisition. In 1955 the church started operating a kindergarten. Pennefather Road is named after Inspector-General of Police, Lieutenant-Colonel Graham Pennefather (1895-1905). Title devised by Library staff.
Credit Line
From the Lee Kip Lin Collection. All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
Subjects
- Architecture and Landscape>>Building Types>>Religious Buildings
- Church buildings--Singapore--Photographs
- Katong (Singapore)--Photographs
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Bethesda (Katong) Church, 1935 : exterior [4] -
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MR AND MRS PETER CHOONG JIT SAN AFTER THEIR WEDDING AT BETHESDA (KATONG) CHURCH, PENNEFATHER ROAD. THE GROOM, THE ONLY SON OF MADAM LEONG ENG NEO, IS A RESEARCH SOCIOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE. THE BRIDE, THE FORMER MISS TAN WEE LIAN, DAUGHTER OF MR AND MRS TAN CHEE YONG IS A STRAITS TIMES JOURNALIST -
View of Bethesda (Katong) Church at junction of Carpmael and Pennefather Roads.The building was completed at end of 1936 and the land on which the church still stands was a gift from Wee Thiam Seng (grandfather of Mrs Lee Kuan Yew). It is the first "branch" of the Brethren church in Singapore, the first main church being Bethesda Chapel at 77 Bras Basah Road. The history of the Brethen church here can be traced back to the mid 19th century when Philip Robinson, co-founder of Robinson and Company, first arrived. -
View of service at Bethesda (Katong) Church at junction of Carpmael and Pennefather Roads. Foundation stone for this Brethren church was laid on 11 November 1935 by Mrs Wee Thiam Seng, wife of banker who donated the land on which it still stands and grandmother of Mrs Lee Kuan Yew. Completed at end of 1936, it is the first "branch" of the Brethren church in Singapore, the first main church being Bethesda Chapel at 77 Bras Basah Road. The history of the Brethen church here can be traced back to the mid 19th century when Philip Robinson, co-founder of Robinson and Company, first arrived. -
MR AND MRS GOH KIAN CHEE, BOTH 24, AFTER THEIR WEDDING AT BETHESDA (KATONG) CHURCH. THE BRIDEGROOM IS SON OF MINISTER OF FINANCE DR GOH KENG SWEE AND THE BRIDE IS A TEACHER AT ST MARGARET'S SECONDARY SCHOOL -
MR AND MRS GOH KIAN CHEE, BOTH 24, AFTER THEIR WEDDING AT BETHESDA (KATONG) CHURCH. THE BRIDEGROOM IS SON OF MINISTER OF FINANCE DR GOH KENG SWEE AND THE BRIDE IS A TEACHER AT ST MARGARET'S SECONDARY SCHOOL -
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MALAYSIA'S INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE TAN SRI MUSA HASSAN CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG AT ISTANA -
MALAYSIA'S INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE TAN SRI MUSA HASSAN CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG AT ISTANA -
MALAYSIA'S INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE TAN SRI MUSA HASSAN CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG AT ISTANA -
MALAYSIA'S INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE TAN SRI MUSA HASSAN CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG AT ISTANA -
MALAYSIA'S INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE TAN SRI MUSA HASSAN CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG AT ISTANA -
MALAYSIA'S INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE TAN SRI MUSA HASSAN CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG AT ISTANA