5°25′14.78″N 100°20′18.36″E / 5.4207722°N 100.3384333°E
Malay: Lebuh Farquhar Chinese: 华盖街 / 華蓋街 Tamil: ஃபர்குஹார் தெரு | |
Maintained by | Penang Island City Council |
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Location | George Town |
West end | Northam Road |
East end | Pitt Street |
Construction | |
Inauguration | 1804 |
LEBUH FARQUHAR Farquhar St10200 P. PINANG | |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | ii, iii, iv |
Designated | 2008 (32nd session) |
Part of | George Town UNESCO Core and Buffer Zones |
Reference no. | 1223 |
Region | Asia-Pacific |
Farquhar Street is a major thoroughfare in the city of George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Created in the late 18th century, the road forms part of the city centre's civic precinct, and is notable for the colonial buildings built under British rule.[1] These include some of the most significant civic, religious, and commercial buildings of Penang, such as Penang High Court, Penang State Museum and Art Gallery, St. George's Church, Church of the Assumption, and Eastern & Oriental Hotel.
Located within the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site, the road was also the cradle of the top English schools in Penang - Penang Free School, St. Xavier's Institution, Convent Light Street and St. George's Girls' School. Today, only St. Xavier's Institution and Convent Light Street remain at Farquhar Street, while the other schools have since been relocated.