Old Dairy Farm Depot

The Old Dairy Farm Depot and Wyndham Street

Entrance of the Hong Kong Fringe Club

The Foreign Correspondents' Club

The Old Dairy Farm Depot (舊牛奶公司倉庫) or Old Dairy Farm Building (舊牛奶公司寫字樓) is a building in Central, Hong Kong, which currently houses the Hong Kong Fringe Club (South Block) and the Foreign Correspondents' Club (North Block). It is located at 2 Lower Albert Road. The back of the building is located along Wyndham Street, while its edge faces Glenealy.^[1]

History

In 1890, Dairy Farm built a low-rise brick and stucco building on Lower Albert Road in Central for use as a cold storage warehouse. This warehouse was later renovated and expanded in 1913 to include a dairy shop, a room for meat smoking, a cold storage room for winter clothes and residency for the General Manager. The building later evolved into the company headquarters until the company moved in the 1970s. The abandoned building was acquired by the Hong Kong Fringe Club in 1984.

The building has undergone many major renovations to make it a vibrant place for contemporary arts since the Fringe Club moved in, in 1983. In 2001, the building won a Hong Kong Government Heritage Award for its use of the building.^[2] It has been categorised as a Grade II historic building.^[3]

References

1. ^ Hong Kong Fringe Club - Where We Are
2. ^ Hong Kong Fringe Club - Awards
3. ^ List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong (as at 7 Nov 2008)

See also

• Central and Western Heritage Trail

Coordinates: 22°16′49″N 114°09′22″E / 22.2802°N 114.156°E / 22.2802; 114.156