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The Museum, 1918

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022BB/23

Scope and Contents

203x163mm. View from Chowringhee Road showing the W. frontage of the Museum and the northern facade running along Sudder Street. The Indian Museum, designed by the Government Architect Walter B. Granville and opened to the public in 1875, stands at the corner of these two streets on the other of Sudder Street to the 'Haunted House'. The building is of two storeys plus an attic storey with pavilions with Corinthian columns on the upper floor projecting out into Chowinghee Road. Banded rustication runs round the lower storey. The foundations of the building can be seen in Y3022BB/10. The Museum stands on the site of the former High School which was removed to Darjeeling in 1863, (Massey p.80).

Dates

  • Creation: 1918

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: The date is approximate..

Finding aid date

2011-03-04 09:16:39+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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