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The Padang was gazetted as the 75th national monument in celebration of Singapore's 55th year of independence. National monuments also visible are Fullerton Building, Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, the Former Supreme Court, and the Former City Hall.

National monuments of Singapore are sites, buildings and structures in Singapore that have been designated by the National Heritage Board (NHB) as being of special historic, traditional, archaeological, architectural or artistic value. For historical significance (World War II, self-independence of Singapore, transformation and the oldest memories of the structure), these buildings are not allowed to be demolished. The Preservation of Monuments Act gives the board authority to order the preservation of such sites and promote research and public interest in the monuments.

The NHB is a statutory board within the Government of Singapore, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, and it has so far gazetted 82 sites, buildings and structures, officially listed as 75 national monuments. The latest addition to the list is Padang.

The full list and description of the national monuments are listed on NHB's website Roots.SG.

List of national monuments

Building name Date built Current usage Address Date gazetted National
Monument # 		Image
Anderson Bridge 1910 Bridge Singapore River 15 October 2019 73
Armenian Church 1835–1836 Church Hill Street 006060 Hill Street 28 June 1973 2
Bowyer Block, Singapore General Hospital 29 March 1926 Museum Third Hospital Avenue 0011 11 Third Hospital Avenue 11 November 2009 61
Caldwell House, currently part of CHIJMES 1840–1841 Wedding venue Victoria Street 003030 Victoria Street 26 October 1990 23
Cathay Building 1839 Commercial Handy Road 00022 Handy Road 10 February 2003 48
Cathedral of the Good Shepherd 1843–1847 Church Queen Street 0000AA Queen Street 28 June 1973 8
Cavenagh Bridge 1869 Bridge Singapore River 15 October 2019 73
The Cenotaph 1922 Wartime memorial Connaught Dr Connaught Dr 28 December 2010 63
Central Fire Station 1908 Fire Station Hill Street 006262 Hill Street 18 December 1998 41
Changi Prison, Old Entrance Gate, Turret and Wall 1936 Prison Upper Changi Road North Upper Changi Road North 15 February 2016 72
Chesed-El Synagogue 1905 Synagogue Oxley Road 00022 Oxley Rise 18 December 1998 38
Chinese High School Clock Tower Building 1925 School Bukit Timah Road 0673673 Bukit Timah Road 19 March 1999 43
Chung Cheng High School (Main) 1965 School Goodman Road 003050 Goodman Road 10 July 2014 66
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes 1888 Church Ophir Road 005050 Ophir Road 14 January 2005 52
Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul 1869–1870 Church Queen Street 0225A225A Queen Street 10 February 2003 49
Church of St Teresa 7 April 1929 Church Bukit Purmei 00022 Bukit Purmei 11 November 2009 57
Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1901 Church Upper Serangoon Road 12591259 Upper Serangoon Road 14 January 2005 53
Civilian War Memorial 1967 Wartime memorial War Memorial Park, Singapore 15 August 2013 65
City Hall, currently part of the National Gallery Singapore 1926–1929 Art Gallery Saint Andrew's Road 00033 Saint Andrew's Road 14 February 1992 25
College of Medicine Building 1926 Government College Road 001616 College Road 2 December 2002 47
Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus Chapel, currently known as CHIJMES Hall, part of CHIJMES 1904 Wedding venue, function hall Victoria Street 003030 Victoria Street 26 October 1990 23
Elgin Bridge 1929 Bridge Singapore River 15 October 2019 73
Empress Place Building, currently Asian Civilisations Museum 1864–1920 Museum Empress Place 00011 Empress Place 14 February 1992 29
Former Admiralty House 1940 School Old Nelson Road 0345345 Old Nelson Road 2 December 2002 45
Former Attorney-General's Chambers, currently part of Parliament House of Singapore 1906 Government 1 Parliament Place 14 February 1992 32
Former Command House 1937–1938 University Kheam Hock Road 001717 Kheam Hock Road 11 November 2009 59
Former Ford Factory 1941 Museum Upper Bukit Timah Road 0315315 Upper Bukit Timah Road 15 February 2006 55
Former Raffles College c. 1920s School Waterloo Street 0024469E Bukit Timah Road 11 November 2009 56
Former Tanjong Pagar railway station 1932 Transportation Keppel Road 003030 Keppel Road 9 April 2011 64
Fort Siloso 1878 Wartime museum Sentosa 15 February 2022 74
Fullerton Building, currently The Fullerton Hotel Singapore (1867) 1928 Hotel Fullerton Square 00011 Fullerton Square 7 December 2015 71
Goodwood Park Hotel (Tower Block) 1900 Hotel Scotts Road 002222 Scotts Road 23 March 1989 22
Hill Street Police Station, Old 1934 Government Hill Street 0140140 Hill Street 18 December 1998 39
Hong San See 1908–1913 Temple Mohamed Sultan Road 003131 Mohamed Sultan Road 10 November 1978 16
House of Tan Yeok Nee 1885 Under restoration Clemenceau Avenue 0207207 Clemenceau Avenue 19 November 1974 11
The Istana 1867–1869 Government Orchard RoadOrchard Road 14 February 1992 24
Istana Kampong Glam, currently Malay Heritage Centre 1839–1843 Museum Sultan Gate85 Sultan Gate 6 August 2015 70
Jurong Town Hall 1971–1974 Commercial Jurong Town Hall Road9 Jurong Town Hall Road 2 June 2015 69
Keng Teck Whay 1847–1875 Temple Telok Ayer Street 0150150 Telok Ayer Street 11 November 2009 58
Lim Bo Seng Memorial 1954 Wartime memorial Connaught Dr Connaught Dr 28 December 2010 63
MacDonald House 1949 Commercial Orchard Road 0040A40A Orchard Road 10 February 2003 50
Maghain Aboth Synagogue 1878 Synagogue Waterloo Street 002424 Waterloo Street 27 February 1998 35
Masjid Abdul Gaffoor 1907 Mosque Dunlop Street 004141 Dunlop Street 5 July 1979 18
Masjid Al-Abrar 1829 Mosque Telok Ayer Street 0192192 Telok Ayer Street 19 November 1974 10
Masjid Alkaff Upper Serangoon 1932 Mosque Pheng Geck Avenue 6666 Pheng Geck Avenue 18 December 2014 68
Masjid Hajjah Fatimah 1846 Mosque Beach Road 40014001 Beach Road 28 June 1973 7
Masjid Jamae 1830 Mosque South Bridge Road 0218218 South Bridge Road 19 November 1974 13
Masjid Sultan 1928 Mosque Muscat Street 00033 Muscat Street 8 March 1975 14
Ministry of Labour Building, Old, currently the Subordinate Courts Family and Juvenile Division 1928 Government Havelock Square 00033 Havelock Square 27 February 1998 36
Nagore Durgha 1893 Shrine Telok Ayer Street 0140140 Telok Ayer Street 19 November 1974 9
Nanyang University Arch, Nanyang University Memorial and Nanyang University Library and Administration Building, currently the Chinese Heritage Centre 1954-1956 Arch, Memorial, Museum Yunnan CrescentYunnan Crescent, 42 Nanyang Avenue and 22 Nanyang Drive 18 December 1998 42
National Museum of Singapore 1887 Museum Stamford Road 009393 Stamford Road 14 February 1992 30
Parliament House and Annex Building, Old, currently The Arts House at the Old Parliament 1827 Arts Empress Place 001010 Empress Place 14 February 1992, and 3 July 1992 27
Old Tao Nan School, currently the Peranakan Museum 1906 Museum Armenian Street 003939 Armenian Street 27 February 1998 37
Old Thong Chai Medical Institution 1892 Commercial Eu Tong Sen Street 005050 Eu Tong Sen Street 28 June 1973 1
Padang c. 1820s Multi-Purpose Venue Connaught Dr 9 August 2022 75
Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church 1931 Church Princep Street 007777 Prinsep Street 12 January 2002 44
Raffles College, Former, currently the Bukit Timah campus of National University of Singapore 22 July 1929 University Bukit Timah Road 0469469 Bukit Timah Road 11 November 2009 56
Raffles Hotel 1887 Hotel Beach Road 00011 Beach Road 4 March 1987, and 3 June 1995 20
Saint Andrew's Cathedral 1856–1861 Church Saint Andrew's Road 001111 Saint Andrew's Road 28 June 1973 3
Saint George's Church 1910–1913 Church Minden Road 001010 Minden Road 10 November 1978 15
Saint James Power Station 1926 Office Sentosa Gateway 00033 Sentosa Gateway 11 November 2009 60
Saint Joseph's Church 1906–1912 Church Victoria Street 0143143 Victoria Street 14 January 2005 51
Saint Joseph's Institution, Former, now the Singapore Art Museum 1867 Museum Bras Basah Road 007171 Bras Basah Road 14 February 1992 31
Singapore Conference Hall October 1965 Multi-Purpose Venue Shenton Way 0007 7 Shenton Way 28 December 2010 62
Siong Lim Temple 1902 Temple Jalan Toa Payoh 0184184 Jalan Toa Payoh 14 October 1980 19
Sri Mariamman Temple 1827 Temple South Bridge Road 0244244 South Bridge Road 28 June 1973 6
Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple 1855 Temple Serangoon Road 0397397 Serangoon Road 10 November 1978 17
Sri Temasek 1867–1869 Government Orchard RoadOrchard Road 14 February 1992 24
Sri Thendayuthapani Temple 1859 Temple Tank Road 003015 Tank Road 20 October 2014 67
Sun Yat Sen Villa, currently the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall 1880 Museum Tai Gin Road 001212 Tai Gin Road 28 October 1994 33
Supreme Court, Old, currently the National Gallery Singapore 1937–1939 Government Saint Andrew's Road 00011 Saint Andrew's Road 14 February 1992 28
Tan Kim Seng Fountain 1882 Wartime memorial Connaught Dr Connaught Dr 28 December 2010 63
Tan Si Chong Su 1876–1878 Temple Magazine Road 001515 Magazine Road 19 November 1974 12
Tan Teck Guan Building 1911 Government College Road 001616 College Road 2 December 2002 46
Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church 1924 Church Telok Ayer Street 0235235 Telok Ayer Street 23 March 1989 21
Telok Ayer Market, Former, currently Lau Pa Sat 1894 Food centre Raffles Quay 001818 Raffles Quay 28 June 1973 4
Thian Hock Keng 1839–1842 Temple Telok Ayer Street 0158158 Telok Ayer Street 28 June 1973 5
Tou Mu Kung Temple 1881 Temple Upper Serangoon Road 0779A779A Upper Serangoon Road 14 January 2005 54
Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall 1862 Arts Empress Place 00099 Empress Place 14 February 1992 26
Ying Fo Fui Kun 1881–1882 Clan Telok Ayer Street 009898 Telok Ayer Street 18 December 1998 40
Yueh Hai Ching Temple 1895 Temple Philip Street 0030B30B Philip Street 28 June 1996 34

References

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  5. Lee Min Kok (15 February 2016). "Changi Prison's entrance gate, wall, turrets gazetted as Singapore's 72nd national monument". www.straitstimes.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020.
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  8. "Tanjong Pagar station a national monument". www.straitstimes.com. 9 April 2011. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022.
  9. Ng Keng Gene (15 February 2022). "Fort Siloso gazetted as Singapore's 74th national monument, first site to be preserved". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022.
  10. Melody Zaccheus (7 December 2015). "Fullerton Hotel building is Singapore's 71st national monument | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
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  14. Melody Zaccheus (20 October 2014). "Sri Thendayuthapani Temple is Singapore's 67th national monument". www.straitstimes.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022.

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