Historical Origin 沿革

 

The second campus of QC stood on the PMQ in 1889-1941. The campus building was erected in 1884-89 by inmates of the Victoria Gaol. As a majestic neoclassical architecture built in Doric style, the campus was then the second most expensive public building in the colony with a price tag of HKD 250,000. Unfortunately, this “Old Lady of Aberdeen Street” was destroyed during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in 1941-45.

 

荷李活道前已婚警察宿舍地段於1889－1941年曾為皇仁第二代校舍。在1884－89年由域多利監獄囚犯協助興建的校舍屬新古典主義建築，採用多立克式設計，富麗堂皇，以造價約港幣二十五萬成為當時全港第二貴的公共建築。可惜，這座曾被譽為「鴨巴甸街的貴婦」的校舍於1941－45年日軍佔領香港時被炸毀。