This 1967 photograph shows a shophouse, from the late style at Emerald Hill Road. Prominent features of the shophouse include the swinging doors (pintu pagar) and bat-shaped vents on the first storey and full-length French windows on the second. A Chinese-style roof canopy overhangs the first storey of the house can also be seen. Emerald Hill Road is located off Orchard Road. Date of creation estimated. 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>>Residential Buildings
• Emerald Hill Road (Singapore)--Photographs
• Shophouses--Singapore--Emerald Hill Road--Photographs
• Dwellings--Singapore--Emerald Hill Road--Photographs