Raffles Hotel is a Singapore landmark located at 1 Beach Road. Established in 1887, the colonial-era hotel with a rich history is well known for its period architecture and décor, luxurious accommodation and fine cuisine, and has won numerous accolades over the years. The hotel is known in particular for its popular Tiffin Room buffet, and for the Singapore Sling cocktail created in 1915. Raffles Hotel was first gazetted as a national monument in 1987 and later re-gazetted in 1995.
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The property on which Raffles Hotel stand today was leased to the Sarkies brothers in 1887 by the son of the late Syed Ahmad Alsagoff.Syed Mohamed is the only son in the family and executes all dealings in his late father’s estate.His vision of Raffles Hotel being the top hotel in the region and the ever enterprising potential of Tigran ,who saw through the initial growth as a commercial enterprise and its development as a building,to see it through.
Under Tigran three buildings were added to the Beach House. Syed Mohamed Alsagoff advances his own money for all additions and improvements to the building owned by his late father’s estate of which he was the largest shareholder.He instructed executors of his ‘will’ not to raise its rent to the applied tenant except what was paid during his lifetime.Raffles Hotel remains a top hotel till today.Any further additions or improvement were paid by an ‘endownment’ he left after he died. His legacy is ever so visible.
i was interested to read this post. we have just acquired for stock an album of a british army officer on service mainly in the far east. c1868-90 this contains an original handbill of emmerson’s tiffin and billiard rooms cavenagh bridge singapore and lists drinks available -some are still in use like gin sling and mint julip. others such as palate irritator or bosom caresser or corpse reviver are not known to me. the rooms boast an artic soda fountain and draught ale. size is 8inches by approx 6inches . no imprint but it looks locally printed and must date i assume between 1878 and 1883 . does anyone know of any other of these surviving- does the national library have any in its collections?
Mr John Martin,im glad my post is of interest to you.u have in your possesion very historical value to the hotel.Raffles hotel operates a museum and a range of collections could be found there.
The property on which Raffles Hotel stand today was leased to the Sarkies brothers in 1887 by the son of the late Syed Ahmad Alsagoff.Syed Mohamed is the only son in the family and executes all dealings in his late father’s estate.His vision of Raffles Hotel becoming the top hotel in the region and the ever enterprising potential of Tigran ,who saw through the initial growth as a commercial enterprise and its development as a building,to see it through.
Under Tigran three buildings were added to the Beach House. Syed Mohamed Alsagoff advances his own money for all additions and improvements to the building owned by his late father’s estate of which he was the largest shareholder.He instructed executors of his ‘will’ not to raise its rent to the applied tenant except what was paid during his lifetime.His legacy is ever so visible.
All credit to the growth of Raffles Hotel should not all go to Sarkies brothers.Raffles Hotel opened its doors in Dec 1887.News of this latest venture first appeared in September 1887,in a small front page item in the Straits Times.It mentioned of ambitious expansion plan of a 48 bedroom hotel.Sarkies already knew of Alsagoff’s development plans of its property in Beach Road before signing the lease.Credit should go to Syed Mohamed Alsagoff as well.The property was his father’s estate of which he was one of nine siblings.As financier,he took the biggest risk as Sarkies signed short-term leases and rent was due monthly.Syed Mohamed even instructed the next trustees to cap its rent as was paid during his lifetime.We have read Raffles extravagant development into the first modern building with electricity in Singapore.Now we know he financed it but we still do not know to what extension is his full role in it.Certainly Syed Mohamed Alsagoff has a hand it its early development growth.