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This 1970 photograph shows a side view of one of the buildings of Grand Hotel, located at Still Road. The Victorian-style building has architectural features like Corinthian columns, decorative arches and plaster facade decorations. Grand Hotel, a Victorian-style complex was built in 1917 and used as a private residence by Moona Kadir Sultan, a wealthy Indian merchant. The complex was then-named Karikal Mahal, after the merchant’s hometown of Karikal in Tamil Nadu (India). Grand Hotel itself was established in 1947 and closed in 2000. Title devised by Library staff.
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- All Rights Reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board Singapore 2009.