The Blue House is a Hong Kong-style souvenir house, located in Hong Kong Island Wan Chai Shui Kou Street 72 to 74A number double number, has now been listed as a historical building in Hong Kong. Which are 72, 72, A and 74 three walls were painted blue, which is known as the "blue house"; and 74 A in 2010 by private ownership, has always maintained a gray exterior.

history

Blue House was originally a hospital, two floors in the 1872 government rate registration book called "Hua Tuo Hospital" (also known as "Wan Chai neighborhood hospital"). After the closure in 1886 became used as a temple dedicated to the "god doctor".

After the demolition of the 1920s the construction of four-storey high building, built in 1922, the staircase between the walls, the units of the windows are also made by the wood, while the terrace part of the use of reinforced concrete construction, Hong Kong is a small number of terraced buildings. 72 underground for the "Hua Tuo Temple", the 1950s for Huang Feihong apprentice Lin Shirong nephew Lin Zu set up the martial arts to replace, to the 1960s Lin Zu's martial arts and then changed to his son Lin Zhen's health museum. On the first floor of the 72nd, there was a "mirror meaning science" which provided free education for the children of the neighborhood, while the second and third floors were the only one of the first English schools in Wan Chai before the war. 72 A underground is "Guanghe" grocery store and ground 74 is "Lianxing winery", about 80 years of graduation. 74 was the second floor of the "fresh fish Chamber of Commerce," the site, while the third floor of the same seat for the Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce. 74 A underground was originally a grocery store, after the war to residential.

In the 1990s, when the Hong Kong Government painted paint for the blue house facade, the blue house was painted in blue because of the blue paint commonly used by the Water Supplies Department.

situation

In 2006 the Hong Kong Housing Society and the Urban Renewal Authority announced a partnership to recessvelop Stone Nullah Lane, Wan Chai and nearby buildings, including the Blue House and the adjacent yellow house with the Orange House, the provision for tea and medical-themed tourist gt ;, on July 21 Japanese paper into the Town planning Board will change the scope of the intended use for the reconstruction "of open space and the preservation of historic buildings for cultural, community and commercial uses," the fastest completed in 2010.But folk worried most distinctive blue house wooden stairs, ceilings and internal structure are subject to change or removal, and the original residents would not be allowed to stay in place, while the nearby garages and more small businesses will be eliminated, community network will be completely destroyed, rebuilt after just a shell monuments.

Lands Department on April 30, 2009 announced that according to "the Lands Resumption Ordinance", to recover the Stone Nullah Lane, Hing Wan Street private land ownership and King Sing Street, the Urban Renewal Authority to be associated with the city government and the Hong Kong Housing Society Renewal plan. September 2009 was included in the Blue House Cluster Development Agency list of historic buildings for government activated the second installment, the Hong Kong government to apply huge amounts of funding for non-profit organizations involved in activation, and tone for future buildings of restriction or limitation, but to save the cantilevered concrete terrace outside the gallery, geometric patterns wrought iron railings and concrete bays.September 15, 2010 application plan proposed by St. James' Settlement is approved, it will be activated Blue House museum into civil life, and for the first time by way of "the house to keep people", including the Blue House, orange and yellow house 14 residents of the house continues to retain, and Walker built separate toilet and lifts, fire facilities need renovation. Hong Kong original story museum and guided tours will be retained, and it will open a small shop and dessert shop.

Scenic Area Address: Stone Nullah Lane, Wan Chai District 74.

Bus routes: Take 109, 113 Road; Citybus 6a, 6x, 6 Road; Hong Kong Island GMB 24a, 24m; special trips NWFB 15, 15, 66 get off the road and then walk to the Wan Chai Market.