The Helena May main building
- The Helena May main building
The Helena May main building (zh-t|t=梅夫人婦女會主樓) is a declared monument of Hong Kong and a membership club located in the Central district on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. [cite web|url=http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Monument/en/monuments_49.php|publisher=Antiquities and Monuments Office, Government of the Hong Kong SAR|title=Declared Monuments in Hong Kong - Hong Kong Island: The Helena May|date=2005-09-08|accessdate=2007-12-22] The present day building structure remains largely unchanged from its original building structure from 1914.
History
The building was built in 1914 and officially opened on September 12, 1916 by Lady May, daughter of Lieutenant General George Digby Barker, British Commanding Officer in China and Hong Kong from 1890 to 1895, as a respite for unaccompanied women arriving in Hong Kong.[cite web|url=http://www.helenamay.com/history.htm|title=A Short History of the Helena May 1916 - now|publisher=The Helena May|accessdate=2007-11-04] Lady May eventually married Sir Francis Henry May, of no blood relation to herself, who would become Governor of Hong Kong in 1912. ]During the Second World War, the building was occupied by Axis Japanese forces and later requisitioned by the Royal Air Force at the end of the war until 1947.
In 1985, The Helena May started accepting the women of all nationalities as residents.
References
External links
* [http://www.helenamay.com/ Official website of Helena May]
* [http://www.amo.gov.hk/en/monuments_49.php The Exterior of the Main Building, the Helena May] ,the webpage written by the Antiquities and Monuments Office
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