Penang has more heritage sites than any other city or town in Malaysia. Apart from the star attractions, many of Penang's heritage sites go unnoticed and under appreciated. The inscription of George Town as a Unesco as a World Heritage Site on 7 July 2008 brought a much-needed injection of life to the otherwise decaying old quarter of George Town, bringing attention to the heritage structures.
There is much to learn from the heritage buildings in Penang, particularly those within George Town. Careful study will reveal different styles of constructions of the shophouses - a combo term to denote a townhouse in which the ground floor is used for commerce while the upper floor serves as residence. The earliest shophouses still standing in Penang are low, simple structures. As the city acquired prosperity, from the mid 1860's onwards, more elaborate shophouses, with intricate mouldings, and making use of the best of western architecture against an eastern sense of aesthetics, create a wonderful, eclectic style that is pravalent throughout the peninsula, but most apparently represented in Penang.
Below is a list of heritage structures in Penang.
120 Armenian Street
1886 Building Beach Street
ABN-Amro Bank Building Beach Street
Ban Hin Lee Bank Building Beach Street
Bel Retiro Bungalow Penang Hill
Bellevue Hotel Penang Hill
Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion Lebuh Leith
Cherok Tokun Relics Bukit Mertajam
Chew Jetty Northeast Coast
Chinese Chamber of Commerce Building Light Street
Church St Pier Northeast Coast
City Hall Building Esplanade
Clan Jetties Northeast Coast
Convalescent Bungalow Penang Hill
Eastern & Oriental Hotel Farquhar Street
Farquhar Street Mission House 35 Farquhar Street (dilapidated)
Foo Tye Sin Mansion Light Street
Fort Cornwallis Esplanade
Fort Cornwallis Lighthouse Esplanade
Francis Light Memorial Farquhar Street
Francis Light Statue Esplanade
Francis Light's Tomb Farquhar Street
Francis Light's Well Light Street
Garage Farquhar Street
Ghee Hiang Beach Street
Goh Chan Lau Northam Road
Government House Light Street
Homestead Northam Road
House of Yeap Chor Ee Penang Street / King Street
HSBC Building Downing Street
Hui Aun Association Magazine Road
Hu Yew Seah Jalan Madras
India House Beach Street & Chinese Street Ghaut
Immigration Department Beach Street
Japanese Cemetery Lintang P. Ramlee
Jewish Cemetery Jalan Zainal Abidin
Judge's Residence Jalan Sepoy Lines (dilapidated)
Kar Yin Association King Street
Kee Poh Huat Kongsi Sungai Bakap
King Edward VII Memorial Hospital 57 Macalister Road
Municipal Fountain Light Street
Kongsoon House Beach Street
Leong Yin Kean Mansion Northam Road
Lim Lean Teng Mansions Farquhar Street
Limburg Larut Road
Li Teik Seah Building Carnavon Street
Logan's Building Beach Street
Loke Mansion Gurney Drive
Loke Thye Kee Restaurant Burmah Road
Lum Fong Hotel Muntri Street
Majlis Jabatan Agama Islam Building Beach Street
Malayan Railway Building China Street Ghaut
Market Lane Tuak Shop Lorong Pasar
Moon Gate Waterfall Road
New Savoy Hotel Hutton Lane
Old OCBC Building Beach Street
Penang Tourism Information Centre / Penang Heritage Centre Acheen Street
and
Penang Heritage Trust Church Street
Penang Masonic Temple Jalan Utama
Penang Philomatic Union Macalister Road
Penang State Museum Farquhar Street
Penang Supreme Court Farquhar Street
Penang Turf Club Jalan Batu Gantung
Penang War Museum and World War II Relics Batu Maung
Pinang Peranakan Mansion Church Street
P. Ramlee Birth House Light Street
Prangin Canal Jalan Dr Lim Chwee Leong
Relau Villa Lebuh Relau 4
Richmond MPPP Rest House Penang Hill
Runnymede Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah @ Northam Road
Saw Seng Kew Building Beach Street
Segara Ninda Gelugor
Seri Mutiara Jalan Utama
Sheikh al-Hadi's Residence Jelutong
Sri Teratai Macalister Road
Standard Chartered Bank Building Beach Street
State Assembly Building Light Street
Strawberry Hill David Brown's Tea House, Penang Hill
Suffolk House Jalan Ayer Itam
The Great Wall Penang Hill
Thio Thiaw Siat Building Beach Street
Town Hall Building Esplanade
Tseng Lung Fui Kon Society King Street
Tunku Kudin House Gelugor
Victoria Clocktower Esplanade
Wisma Kastam (Malayan Railway Building) China Street Ghaut
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