Lee Kuan Yew's House
Lee Kuan Yew's House is a two-storey bungalow near Orchard Road in Singapore. Its late-nineteenth-century structure began as Castor, commissioned by Dutch merchant Hermann Cornelius Verloop. British doctor Thomas Oxley later gave the surrounding place its historical association with a nutmeg plantation. After the Japanese occupation, Lee Kuan Yew and his family made the bungalow their home.
The residence remained with Singapore’s first prime minister throughout his political career. Its basement hosted the first meeting of the People’s Action Party in 1954. Political activity connected these rooms with Singapore’s path towards independence and later development. Minor repairs kept the house in use, while Lee Kuan Yew preferred demolition after his death.
His will linked demolition to his daughter’s eventual departure from the property. A family dispute then brought preservation, partial demolition, and national-monument status into consideration. The future remains unresolved, leaving the basement meeting as the house’s most tangible political detail.
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