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3 unusual facts about Old Supreme Court Building


National Day Parade, 2009

The marching contingents took a route around the Esplanade and passed by landmarks like the Merlion, the Old Supreme Court and the City Hall.

Old Supreme Court Building, Singapore

Dorrington Ward's plan was to demolish the Singapore Cricket Club, Old Parliament House and the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall to make way for a grand government scheme designed by his department.

The pediment sculpture (an allegory of justice) which characterized the Supreme Court is a work by Florentine sculptor Augusto Martelli.


Padang, Singapore

During the 1820s, there were four houses that faced the Padang, what is now the Old Supreme Court Building were two houses built in 1823 houses of Edward Boustead, and the site of the City Hall formerly the houses of Resident Councillor Thomas Church and William Montgomerie who is Residency Surgeon.


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