Golden Bell Mansion

The building has several features of neoclassical architecture, including columns of the doric order, ornate arches and Greek-styled friezes.

[1] Designed by local architect Wee Teck Moh, the building was completed in 1910 by philanthropist Tan Boo Liat.

[2] The building was one of several properties owned by Tan, who primarily lived in the Siam House, which stood at the corner of Coleman Street and North Bridge Road.

When Sun Yat Sen arrived in October 1911, he was not taken to the Wan Qing Yuan, which was where he usually resided while in Singapore, as it was rumoured that there was a plot to assassinate him.

On 26 April 1924, the board leased the mansion to doctors Malcolm Dannatt and Vincent Boland, who established a short-lived private hospital at the building.

Allegedly, the building was found by two Danish women living in Singapore, who brought it to the attention of the church which was in need of a premises at the time.

[4] Guest-of-honour Sam Tan, then the mayor of the Central Singapore Community Development Council, unveiled a plaque at the ceremony.