The buildings along Kheam Hock Road have been something of curiosity for me for many years. I have heard about the Ong Clan Temple, a coffee shop, a wayang stage and tomb masons that were in the area, but this was either through photos from sources from National Archives, PictureSG and finally oral accounts from former residents. I thought it will be good to at least attempt to document as much as possible the buildings and structures that used to be on Kheam Hock Road or its side roads, Lorong Halwa and Jalan Berahi.
Tomb Masons, Contractors and Building Contractors
No. 80 Kheam Hock Road,
Lian Hong Granite. Co.
No. 110 Kheam Hock Road, Building Contractors
No. 120 Kheam Hock Road, Chuan Hoe Huat Stone Works Construction
No. 120 Kheam Hock Road, Chop Kian Cheong
No. 123 Kheam Hock Road, Kian Seng Huat Stone Works Construction
No. 135 Kheam Hock Road, Hoe Ann Granite Industrial Construction
No. 141 Kheam Hock Road, Hup Ann Brothers & Co.
No. 259-1 Kheam Hock Road, Nam Lee Stone Engravers.
No. 261 Kheam Hock Road, Kian Guan Hin
No. 262 Kheam Hock Road, Kian Guan
No. 286-5 Kheam Hock Road, Yew & Company
No. 14-C, Jln Berahi Kian Guat Huat Stone Works
Advertorials of business along Kheam Hock Road
Below are some of the adverts i found of business that used to call Kheam Hock Road their home.
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| Lian Hong Granite Co. |
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| Building Contractors |
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| Chuan Hoe Huat Stone Works Construction |
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| Chop Kian Cheong |
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| Kian Seng Huat Stone Works Construction |
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| Hoe Ann Granite Industrial Construction |
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| Hup Ann Brothers & Co. |
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| Nam Lee Stone Engravers |
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| Kian Guan Hin |
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| Kian Guan |
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| Yew & Company |
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| Kian Guan Huat |
Photos and Maps of Kheam Hock Road
There is still many things i don't know about this place and i don't have concrete pictures of the actual tomb masons huts or buildings along Kheam Hock Road, but the below pictures from National Archives, PictureSG, Aerial Photos and Map that hope to at least give a glimpse of how it look like in the past. If you have any pictures of the old Kheam Hock Road, Lorong Halwa and Jalan Berahi, i hope you can share by emailing me.
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| Kheam Hock Road (source: PictureSG - Lee Kip Lin and NLB ) |
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| Kheam Hock Road - Ong Clan Temple (source: PictureSG - Lee Kip Lin and NLB ) |
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| Kheam Hock Road (source: PictureSG - Lee Kip Lin and NLB ) |
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Kheam Hock Road - you can make granite slabs on the left, maybe of a tomb mason and
building beside park bus is the Ong Clan Temple
(source: PictureSG - Lee Kip Lin and NLB ) |
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| Wayang Stage (source: National Archives Singapore) |
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| Kheam Hock Road (source: National Archives Singapore) |
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| Close-up of the unit numbers along Kheam Hock |
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| Map with House Numbers |
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| Aerial View of Kheam Hock Road, Bukit Brown, Seh Ong Cemetery and Lao Sua |
[research on-going]
References
https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/maps_building_plans/record-details/dd6fa86e-115c-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad
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