Ripon Building, Chennai

E368294

Indo-Saracenic style building government building heritage building landmark

Ripon Building, Chennai is a historic white Indo-Saracenic style structure that serves as the headquarters of the Greater Chennai Corporation and is one of the city's most iconic colonial-era landmarks.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ripon Building, Chennai canonical	2
Chennai Corporation headquarters (Ripon Building)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Saracenic style building ⓘ government building ⓘ heritage building ⓘ landmark ⓘ
architect	G. S. T. Harris ⓘ G. S. T. Harris of the consulting architects Stevens & Co. ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Indo-Saracenic architecture ⓘ surface form: Indo-Saracenic
builder	M. Samynada Iyengar ⓘ
clockManufacturer	Oakes & Co., Madras ⓘ
clockTowerHeight	about 43 metres ⓘ
color	white ⓘ
constructionCost	approximately 750000 rupees ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1909 ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
district	Chennai ⓘ surface form: Chennai district
era	British colonial period ⓘ
floorCount	3 ⓘ
function	municipal administration ⓘ
hasCentralTower	yes ⓘ
hasClockTower	yes ⓘ
hasCorridors	yes ⓘ
hasFeature	arched windows ⓘ central dome-like tower ⓘ high ceilings ⓘ ornate colonnades ⓘ
hasPortico	yes ⓘ
heritageDesignation	important colonial-era landmark of Chennai ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic building ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1913 ⓘ
locatedIn	Chennai ⓘ India ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ lime mortar ⓘ
namedAfter	George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon ⓘ surface form: George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon ⓘ surface form: Lord Ripon
namedAfterPosition	Viceroy of India ⓘ
notableFor	Indo-Saracenic design ⓘ being one of Chennai's iconic landmarks ⓘ colonial-era architecture ⓘ
owner	Greater Chennai Corporation ⓘ
region	South India ⓘ
roofMaterial	teak wood ⓘ
servesAs	headquarters of the Greater Chennai Corporation ⓘ
state	Tamil Nadu ⓘ
usedBy	Greater Chennai Corporation ⓘ surface form: Greater Chennai Corporation Council
usedFor	municipal council meetings ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cooum River → nearbyLandmark → Ripon Building, Chennai ⓘ

Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station → nearbyLandmark → Ripon Building, Chennai ⓘ

Park Town → hasLandmark → Ripon Building, Chennai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chennai Corporation headquarters (Ripon Building)