Old Chartered Bank, Klang Town Selangor

The covered footbridge connecting the annex, with Carriage type doorways into the building compound

Dutch styled gables for the roofing structure for both the main and annex buildings

The old Chartered Bank branch ( Annex building) of Klang Town located at the junction of Jalan Istana & Jalan Dato Hamzah

The old Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China began financial business in Singapore in 1859 and Penang 1875. As such, the Dutch styled building could have been built about the late 1800’s as it housed the Chartered Bank branch in Klang Town.

European Style had influenced the architecture of Malaya especially the styles that were modified according to the tropical climate and combined with architecture influence of Malay, Classical Portuguese, Dutch and English. This building certainly has Dutch influences with unique Dutch Gables. The main building could have been used for the banking business, with covered footbridges connected to an annex which could have housed the living quarters of the employees and stables for horses and carriages – as observed from its carriage house type of doorways.