Tung Tak Pawn Shop
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Tung Tak Pawn Shop (Chinese: 同德押), also referred to as Nos. 369 & 371 Hennessy Road, is a former pawn shop and Grade III historic building in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. It was demolished in 2015.[1]
No. 371 Hennessy Road was probably built in the 1930s, following the completion of the Praya East Reclamation Scheme of 1921–1931. Initially used as a commercial building, it was later used as a pawn shop.[2]
Architecture
No. 371 Hennessy Road was designed by the Hong Kong based architecture firm Raven and Basto. The firm was active from 1922-1937, and was responsible for high profile buildings such as the Chinese Renaissance style mansion King Yin Lei (Chinese: 景賢里) on stubbs road, the grade II historic building St. Louis School, and the grade III historic building Shing Kwong Church.[3][4]
The building was built in the International Modern architectural style popular in the 1930s. It is a Verandah Type Shophouse of traditional type.[2]
