What is a National Monument? Who gazettes them? How many national monuments are there in Singapore? To date, the Preservation of Sites and Monuments, a division of National Heritage Board, has identified and gazetted 75 buildings, structures and sites of national significance as an integral part of Singapore’s built heritage.
You've probably passed by or stepped into more than a few of them without realising they were National Monuments: Al-Abrar Mosque, Asian Civilisations Museum, the Civilian War Memorial, Saint Andrew's Cathedral, the Esplanade Park Memorials, Fort Siloso on Sentosa — no need to plan an itinerary for friends visiting from overseas; just show them this article.
A parcel of land at Japan Street was subsequently acquired in 1905 to accommodate the growing congregation. In 1913, the church's pastor, Reverend F. H. Sullivan, bought a plot at the junction of Telok Ayer Street and Cecil Street .Services were conducted under a tent on the vacant plot, but the structure soon collapsed in 1914. The Chinese congregation then met at Fairfield Girls' School on Neil Road for weekly worship.
During World War II, when the Japanese began attacking Singapore, the church's exterior walls along the five-foot-way were thickened to provide additional protection against stray bullets and bomb shrapnel. About 300 refugees took shelter within the church building. During the Japanese Occupation , weekly Sunday services continued to be held.TACMC was designed by Denis Santry of Swan & Maclaren, who was also the architect for the Cenotaph .
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