This 1990 photograph shows the canopy and fretwork fascia of the original 1930 / 40 Oldham Hall Outhouse at Barker Road. The road mentioned is near Dunearn Road. Oldham Hall was named after Bishop W.F. Oldham, the Methodist missionary, who started the Anglo-Chinese School and whose mission work spread to Malacca, Penang, the Federated Malay States and the Dutch East Indies. Barker Road was named after Municipal Commissioner, Arthur Barker of Barker & Keng Chuan.

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From the Lee Kip Lin Collection. All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

Subjects

• Architecture and Landscape>>Architectural Styles
• Canopies, Architectural--Singapore--Photographs
• Fretwork--Photographs
• Architecture--Singapore--Details--Photographs