Mayo Hall (Bengaluru)

[1] It is adorned by chandeliers, Greek cornices, Tuscan columns, stone arches, wooden floors and beautiful furnishings.

Roads, parks, promenades, churches, schools, hospitals, shopping centers, dance halls, pubs, clubs, cricket, golf range, and a race course came up where there were none.

Houses with fountains, tennis courts and gardens came up in areas such as Richmond Town, South Parade, and St John's Church Road.

Even flowers – phlox, zinnias, dahlias, and so on – and veggies such as cauliflower, cabbage, carrots, and beetroot were brought from good old' Blighty!Lord Mayo (christened Richard Southwell Bourke) was appointed the Viceroy and Governor-General of India.

On a visit to Port Blair's prison, Lord Mayo was stabbed to death by Sher Ali, a Pathan life convict, the only Viceroy to be murdered in office.

The Bangalore District Gazetteer noted that "The building in elevation is remarkable for its composition of architrave and pedimented windows, varied with key-storied arches, beautifully executed consoles, balustraded ledges and typical Greek cornice."

Several Greco-Roman elements and influences are apparent in the building: architrave and pediment windows, key-stoned arches, balustrade ledges, beautiful consoles, Greek cornices, Tuscan columns, and wooden floors.