Main Building of the University of Hong Kong

The Main Building of the University of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港大學本部大樓) is the oldest building of the University of Hong Kong. It is located on the main campus on Bonham Road and Pok Fu Lam Road in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It was built in the architectural style of Edwardian Baroque and designed by Alfred Bryer of Leigh & Orange. The exterior of the building has been a declared monument in Hong Kong since 1985.

Exterior of the Main Building

Corridors of the Main Building

Entrance of the Main Building

Garden inside the Main Building

Palms grown within the Main Building

History

The Main Building was built with donations by Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody and construction began in 1910. The buillding was inaugurated on 11 March 1912, and the foundation stone was laid on 16 March of the same year by the then Governor of Hong Kong Sir Frederick Lugard (later as Lord Frederick Lugard). During the early period of the university, the main building served as the only building of the university.

After the fall of Hong Kong in December 1941, the Main Building was requisitioned as a relief hospital. Parts of the building were badly looted; the roof of the Great Hall was removed and the timber used as fuel.

Initially, all university departments, libraries and administrative departments shared this building. After the completion of the Centennial Campus, the building was converted into being used for teaching and administrative purposes.

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  The Main Building in 1912
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  The Main Building in 1946, which had been seriously scarred and looted during the Second World War