Government House, Rangoon

Yangon, Myanmar

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

Government House, Rangoon was the official residence of Burma's colonial governors, designed by British architect Henry Hoyne-Fox and constructed between 1892 and 1895 in the Queen Anne Revival style on a 90-acre plot in north Rangoon, west of Shwedagon Pagoda at the corner of Prome and Ahlone Roads. Built at considerable expense—717,000 rupees—the palatial complex became the site of Burma's formal transfer of power on 4 January 1948, after which it served as the de facto residence for the nation's early presidents. Following earthquake damage sustained in the 1970s, the building was demolished in 1985 on the orders of Ne Win; the site was subsequently occupied by the Yangon Region Hluttaw.