page_title: Jardine House
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Jardine House / History
caption_attribution_description: View of the intersection of Ice House Street and Chater Road by looking west along Chater Road in the 1930s. The building at the end of the road is the 2nd generation of Jardine House, which stood from 1908 to 1955. It was located at the junction of Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road (where the Wheelock House is now located).
context_page_description: Jardine House, formerly known as Connaught Centre, is an office tower in Hong Kong. The building is located at 1 Connaught Place, Central on Hong Kong Island. It is owned by Hongkong Land Limited, a subsidiary of Jardines. At the time of its completion in 1972, Jardine House was the tallest building in Hong Kong and in Asia. In 1980, the Hopewell Centre usurped the title of the tallest building in Hong Kong. The building is interconnected by the Central Elevated Walkway with buildings of Hongkong Land Limited like Exchange Square and the International Finance Centre.
caption: 2nd generation Jardine House in the 1930s.
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