Kotewall Road
Kotewall Road (Chinese: 旭龢道) is a street in Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, located between Po Shan Road and Robinson Road. It is a 400-metre-long two-way road located on hill slopes south of Sai Ying Pun.
A bus stop on the Road
Stone House, at No. 15 Kotewall Road
Name
The road was named after Sir Robert Hormus Kotewall, a prominent Chinese-Parsee businessman and legislator during the colonial era, who built the road in the 1910s.
History
Kotewall Road was once known for its concentration of vehicle-repairing garages, mainly servicing the wealthy residents of Mid-Levels. Stone House, a Grade III historic building built in 1923 at 15 Kotewall Road is the only garage of this kind remaining, now turned into a private residence.[1]
Nearby places
- University of Hong Kong
- University Drive
See also
- 1972 Hong Kong rainstorm disasters
References
- "Street Names and Their Origins" Hong Kong's vol.1 - by Frena Bloomfield
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