 Penang Heritage Sites
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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
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 | 1886 Building
Beach Street
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 | ABN-Amro Bank Building
Beach Street
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 | Ban Hin Lee Bank Building
Beach Street
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 | Bel Retiro Bungalow
Penang Hill
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 | Bellevue Hotel
Penang Hill
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 | Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion
Lebuh Leith
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 | Cherok Tokun Relics
Bukit Mertajam
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 | Chew Jetty
Northeast Coast
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 | Chinese Chamber of Commerce Building
Light Street
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 | Church St Pier
Northeast Coast
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 | City Hall Building
Esplanade
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 | Clan Jetties
Northeast Coast
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 | Convalescent Bungalow
Penang Hill
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 | Eastern & Oriental Hotel
Farquhar Street
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 | Farquhar Street Mission House
35 Farquhar Street (dilapidated)
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 | Foo Tye Sin Mansion
Light Street
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 | Fort Cornwallis
Esplanade
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 | Fort Cornwallis Lighthouse
Esplanade
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 | Francis Light Memorial
Farquhar Street
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 | Francis Light Statue
Esplanade
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 | Francis Light's Tomb
Farquhar Street
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 | Francis Light's Well
Light Street
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 | Garage
Farquhar Street
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 | Ghee Hiang
Beach Street
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 | Goh Chan Lau
Northam Road
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 | Government House
Light Street
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 | Homestead
Northam Road
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 | House of Yeap Chor Ee
Penang Street / King Street
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 | HSBC Building
Downing Street
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 | Hui Aun Association
Magazine Road
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 | Hu Yew Seah
Jalan Madras
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 | India House
Beach Street & Chinese Street Ghaut
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 | Immigration Department
Beach Street
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 | Japanese Cemetery
Lintang P. Ramlee
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 | Jewish Cemetery
Jalan Zainal Abidin
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 | Judge's Residence
Jalan Sepoy Lines (dilapidated)
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 | Kar Yin Association
King Street
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 | Kee Poh Huat Kongsi
Sungai Bakap
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 | King Edward VII Memorial Hospital
57 Macalister Road
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 | Municipal Fountain
Light Street
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 | Kongsoon House
Beach Street
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 | Leong Yin Kean Mansion
Northam Road
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 | Lim Lean Teng Mansions
Farquhar Street
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 | Limburg
Larut Road
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 | Li Teik Seah Building
Carnavon Street
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 | Logan's Building
Beach Street
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 | Loke Mansion
Gurney Drive
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 | Loke Thye Kee Restaurant
Burmah Road
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 | Lum Fong Hotel
Muntri Street
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 | Majlis Jabatan Agama Islam Building
Beach Street
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 | Malayan Railway Building
China Street Ghaut
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 | Market Lane Tuak Shop
Lorong Pasar
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 | Moon Gate
Waterfall Road
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 | New Savoy Hotel
Hutton Lane
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 | Old OCBC Building
Beach Street
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 | Penang Tourism Information Centre / Penang Heritage Centre
Acheen Street
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 | Penang Heritage Trust
Church Street
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 | Penang Masonic Temple
Jalan Utama
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 | Penang Philomatic Union
Macalister Road
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 | Penang State Museum
Farquhar Street
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 | Penang Supreme Court
Farquhar Street
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 | Penang Turf Club
Jalan Batu Gantung
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 | Penang War Museum and World War II Relics
Batu Maung
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 | Pinang Peranakan Mansion
Church Street
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 | P. Ramlee Birth House
Light Street
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 | Prangin Canal
Jalan Dr Lim Chwee Leong
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 | Relau Villa
Lebuh Relau 4
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 | Richmond MPPP Rest House
Penang Hill
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 | Runnymede
Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah @ Northam Road
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 | Saw Seng Kew Building
Beach Street
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 | Segara Ninda
Gelugor
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 | Seri Mutiara
Jalan Utama
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 | Sheikh al-Hadi's Residence
Jelutong
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 | Sri Teratai
Macalister Road
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 | Standard Chartered Bank Building
Beach Street
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 | State Assembly Building
Light Street
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 | Strawberry Hill
David Brown's Tea House, Penang Hill
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 | Suffolk House
Jalan Ayer Itam
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 | The Great Wall
Penang Hill
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 | Thio Thiaw Siat Building
Beach Street
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 | Town Hall Building
Esplanade
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 | Tseng Lung Fui Kon Society
King Street
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 | Tunku Kudin House
Gelugor
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 | Victoria Clocktower
Esplanade
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 | Wisma Kastam (Malayan Railway Building)
China Street Ghaut
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 | Woodville
Northam Road
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 | World War II Pill Box
Jalan Ismail Hashim
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