Singapore: Rare C1910 Sarkies Brothers Straights Settlements RAFFLES HOTEL Book
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Singapore: Rare c1910 Sarkies Brothers Straights Settlements RAFFLES HOTEL Book Undated advertisingbrochure, but lists James T. Dubois as the US Consul-General (1909-11) so dating is fairly easy. Beautifully designed throughout. Mainly describes the Raffles Hotel, but also covers other Sarkies Brothers hotels throughout the region. 40. pages plus covers, plus a fold-out map of Singapore. Size about 4 x 6 inches. Condition: a light crease on the cover, light handling outside, inside ...is very clean and tight. Just about everything is pictured below (except for 2 more memoranda blank pages), so look it over and bid with confidence. Raffles Hotel Singapore started as a privately owned beach house built in the early 1830s. It first became Emerson's Hotel when Dr. Charles Emerson leased the building in 1878. Upon his death in 1883, the hotel closed, and the Raffles Institution stepped in to use the building as a boarding house until Dr. Emerson's lease expired in September 1887.Almost immediately after the first lease expired, the Sarkies Brothers leased the property from Syed Mohamed Alsagoff, its owner, with the intention of turning it into a high-end hotel. A few months later, on December 1, 1887, the ten-room Raffles Hotel opened. Its proximity to the beach and its reputation for high standards in services and accommodations made the hotel popular with wealthy clientele.Within the hotel's first decade, three new buildings were added on to the original beach house. First, a pair of two-story wings were completed in 1890, each containing 22 guest suites. Soon afterward, the Sarkies Brothers leased a neighboring building at No. 3 Beach Road, renovated it, and in 1894, the Palm Court Wing was completed. The new additions brought the hotel's total guest rooms to 75.A few years later, a new main building was constructed on the site of the original beach house. Designed by architect Regent Alfred John Bidwell of Swan and Maclaren, it was completed in 1899. The new main building offered numerous state-of-the-art (for the time) features, including powered ceiling fans and electric lights. In fact, the Raffles Hotel was the first hotel in the region to have electric lights.The hotel continued to expand over the years with the addition of wings, a veranda, a ballroom, a bar, a billiards room, as well as other buildings and rooms. 190707 / 8737 R7/7/2019 AI
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