# List of the oldest buildings and structures in Hong Kong

The following is a list of the oldest buildings and structures in Hong Kong.

## Before 1800

Although Hong Kong was sparsely populated prior to the arrival of the British, the area has a number of historic structures:
| Building | Year completed | Location |
| Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum | 25-220AD | Sham Shui Po District |
| Tung Chung Fort | 1174–1189 | Tung Chung |
| Tin Hau Temple, Joss House Bay | 1266 | Sai Kung District |
| Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda | 15th century | Ping Shan |
| Tang Ancestral Hall | 14th century | Ping Shan |
| Yu Kiu Ancestral Hall | 16th century | Ping Shan |
| Sau Choi Mansion | | Ping Shan |
| Law Uk Folk Museum | 18th century | Chai Wan |
| Tung Lung Fort | 1719–1724 | Sai Kung District |
| Fan Lau Fort | 1729 | Lantau |
| Entrance Tower of Ma Wat Wai | | Fanling |
| Kun Lung Gate Tower | 1744 | Fanling |
| Sam Tung Uk | 1786 | Tsuen Wan |

## 19th century

Most of the buildings built during this period was by the British and mostly on Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula:
| Building | Year completed | Builder | Style | Source | Location |
| Yeung Hau Temple | 1811 | | | | Ha Tsuen |
| Tung Chung Battery | 1817 | | | | Tung Chung |
| Stanley Fort | 1840s? | | Victorian | | Stanley |
| Victoria Barracks, Hong Kong | 1840s–1874 | | Victorian | | Central |
| Victoria Prison | 1841 | | Victorian | | Central |
| Murray House | 1844 | Major Aldrich and Lieutenant Collinson of the Royal Engineers | Classical | | re-located to Stanley from Central |
| Flagstaff House | 1846 | | Colonial | | Central |
| remains of the Kowloon Walled City and Yamen Building | 1847 | | | | Kowloon |
| St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong | 1847 | | Victorian Gothic | | Central |
| Bishop's House | 1848 | | Tudor Revival | | Central |
| Government House, Hong Kong | 1855 | Charles St George Cleverly | Colonial / Japanese | | Central |
| Old Stanley Police Station | 1859 | Victorian | | | Stanley |
| University Hall (University of Hong Kong) | 1861 | | Tudor and Gothic | Douglas Lapraik | Pok Fu Lam |
| Central Police Station – Barracks block | 1864 | | Colonial | | Central |
| Fat Tong Chau Old Chinese Customs Station | 1868 | | | | Junk Island, Sai Kung |
| Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse | 1875 | | | | Cape D'Aguilar |
| Green Island Lighthouse Compound | 1875, 1905 | | | | Green Island, Hong Kong |
| Hong Kong Observatory | 1883 | | Colonial | | Tsim Sha Tsui |
| Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound | 1884 | | Colonial | | Tsim Sha Tsui |
| Lei Yue Mun Fort | 1887 | | | | Lei Yue Mun |
| Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hong Kong) | 1888 | Crawley and Company | Gothic Revival | | Mid-Levels |
| Old Dairy Farm Depot | 1892 | Danby & Leigh | Eclectic architectural | | Central |
| Waglan Lighthouse | 1893 | | | | |
| Old Tai Po Police Station | 1899 | | | | Tai Po |

## Early 20th century

| Building | Year completed | Builder | Style | Location |
| Ohel Leah Synagogue | 1901–1902 | | Colonial Sephardic | Mid-levels |
| Former Kowloon British School | 1902 | | Victorian | Tsim Sha Tsui |
| Gate Lodge | 1902–1904 | | Renaissance | Victoria Peak |
| Old British Military Hospital | 1903 | | | Mid-Levels |
| Old Pathological Institute | 1905 | | | Mid-Levels |
| Western Market | 1906 | | Edwardian | Central |
| St. Andrew's Church (Kowloon) | 1906 | | Victorian-Gothic | Tsim Sha Tsui |
| Old District Office North | 1907 | | | Tai Po |
| Signal Hill Tower | 1907 | | | Tsim Sha Tsui |
| Clock Tower, Hong Kong | 1910 | | Greek-revival | Tsim Sha Tsui |
| Central Police Station – HQ Block, Blocks A-D | 1910 | | | Central |
| University of Hong Kong Main Building | 1910–1912 | Leigh & Orange | | Mid-levels |
| Legislative Council Building | 1912 | Sir Aston Webb | Neo-Classical | Central |
| Old Wan Chai Post Office | 1912–1913 | | Greek-revival | Wan Chai |
| Former Central Magistracy | 1913–1914 | | Greek-revival | Central |
| Elliot Hall, University of Hong Kong | 1914 | | Edwardian | Mid-Levels |
| Ex-Commodore's House | 1914 | | Neoclassicism | Central |
| Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum | 1914 | | Greek-revival | Central |
| May Hall, University of Hong Kong | 1915 | | Edwardian | Mid-Levels |
| The Main Building, The Helena May | 1916 | | | Central |
| Former French Mission Building | 1917 | | Neoclassical | Central |
| Hung Hing Ying Building, the University of Hong Kong | 1919 | | Neoclassical | |
| North Block of St. Joseph's College | 1920 | | | Central |
| Old Kowloon Fire Station | 1920 | | | Tsim Sha Tsui |
| Main Building at St. Stephen's Girls' College | 1923 | | | Mid-Levels |
| Pedder Building | 1923 | | | Central |
| Sham Shui Po Police Station | 1924 | | | Sham Shui Po |
| Central Police Station Stable Block | 1925 | | | Tsim Sha Tsui |
| West Block of St. Joseph's College | 1925 | | | Central |
| Yau Ma Tei Police Station | 1925 | | | Yau Ma Tei |
| The Church of Christ in China Hop Yat Church 合一堂 | 1926 | | | Tsim Sha Tsui |
| The Peninsula Hong Kong | 1928 | | | Tsim Sha Tsui |
| Tang Chi Ngong Building, the University of Hong Kong | 1929 | | | |
| Diocesan Boys' School | 1929 | | | Mongkok/ Ho Man Tin |
| Shum Residence (General House, Hip Wai House, & Shum Ancestral Hall)(上將府主樓) | 1932 | | Mixed | Fung Kat Heung, Kam Tin, Yuen Long, New Territories |
| Fanling Lodge | 1934 | Public Works Department | Mixed | Fanling |
| The Haw Par Mansion | 1935 | | Chinese Renaissance | Tai Hang |
| Tung Lin Kok Yuen | 1935 | | Chinese Renaissance | Happy Valley |
| Morrison Building in Hoh Fuk Tong Centre | 1936 | | | Tuen Mun |
| King Yin Lei | 1937 | A.R. Fenton-Rayen | Chinese Renaissance | Mid-Levels |
| Holy Trinity Cathedral | 1937 | | Chinese Traditional | Kowloon City |

## Post-World War II

| Building | Year completed | Builder | Location |
| Bank of China Building | 1952 | | Central |
| City Hall, Hong Kong | 1962 | | Central |
| Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier | 1957 | | Central |
| Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier | 1957 | | Tsim Sha Tsui |
| Queen's Pier | 1957 | Ron Phillips and Alan Fitch | Central |
| Central Government Offices | 1957 | | Central |