Fullerton Hotel
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
There was actually a gallery with information boards on the history of Singapore River! Since we had nothing better to do, we decided to read what was presented on the various boards...
With all the discussion, we completely forgot about the time and when we realised it, it was already evening time! Hence we decided to share a room in Fullerton Hotel.
To our dismay, all the rooms were fully booked! We needed to find somewhere to spend the night so we decided to walk around the hotel during which we made a discovery!
There was actually a gallery with information boards on the history of Singapore River! Since we had nothing better to do, we decided to read what was presented on the various boards...
And this was what we read...
The Fullerton Building was built in 1924, sitting on part of what was the site of the Fort Fullerton. When the building was completed, it housed the General Post Office and other government offices over the years. One such government office was the Inland Revenue Department. Other tenants that were housed in The Fullerton Building were the Singapore Chamber of Commerce and The Singapore Club.
The thoroughfare in front of the General Post Office and the Exchange Building became the new central square. This took place when Collyer Quay was developed and Cavenagh Bridge was completed. Thus, the new central square was named Fullerton Square, linking the Harbour, the Government Offices of Empress Place and the commercial centre at Raffles Place.
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