Candra Naya | |
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General information | |
Status | restored |
Type | House |
Architectural style | Chinese |
Location | Jakarta, Indonesia |
Address | Jalan Gajah Mada |
Coordinates | 6°8′50″S 106°48′55″E / 6.14722°S 106.81528°E |
Estimated completion | late 18th-century;[1] or 1807[2][3] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | anonymous |
Candra Naya (Hokkien: Sin Ming Hui) is an 18th-century historic building in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was home to the Khouw family of Tamboen, most notably its highest-ranking member: Khouw Kim An, the last Majoor der Chinezen ('Major of the Chinese') of Batavia (in office from 1910 until 1942).[4][5] Although among the grandest colonial residences in the capital and protected by heritage laws, the compound was almost completely demolished by its new owners, the conglomerate Modern Group.[6] The main halls have survived only thanks to vocal protests from heritage conservation groups.[6]