George Drumgoole Coleman (1795-1844), also known as George Drumgold Coleman, was a civil architect who played an instrumental role in the design and construction of many of the civil infrastructure in Singapore, after the island was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819. 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (6 July 1781 - 5 July 1826) was the founder of the city (now country) of Singapore, and is one of the best-known of the many Britons who created the largest empire the world has ever seen. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Born in Ireland, Coleman was trained as a civil architect. He came to Singapore from Calcutta, India, where he had been working, by way of Batavia in 1822, and built his house at Number 3 Coleman Street, to his own design, for use as his residence. This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ... Batavia is a Latin name used for the Netherlands, derived from the Batavii tribe. ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Coleman was responsible, as advisor to Raffles, for the draft layout of Singapore in 1822. He planned the centre of the town, created roads, and constructed many fine buildings. An outstanding example of his work, which survives to this day, is the Armenian Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator on Hill Street, built in 1835. 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... A typical rural county road in Indiana, USA, where traffic drives on the right. ... Armenian Church, Singapore The east front of the Church bears an elegant bowed apse with a pediment into which the date 1835 is carved to commemorate the year the churchs foundation was laid. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1833, Coleman was appointed the Superintendent of Public Works. He was also the surveyor and overseer of convict labour. Coleman's house on Number 3 Coleman Street was demolished in December 1965 to make way for the current 21-storey Peninsula Hotel. 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Superintendent may refer to: Superintendent (education), an education executive or administrator Superintendent (police), a police rank Superintendent (United States Air Force), a United States Air Force position In buildings, a manager, a maintenance or repair person, a custodian or janitor. ... The notion of internal improvements or public works is a concept in economics and politics. ... Surveying is concerned with the application of mathematics and physics in obtaining accurate measurements for the determination of the position of points on the Earths surface. ... Labour (Commonwealth English) or labor (American English) may refer to one of the following. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...

Coleman had earlier leased his house to Monsieur Dutronqouy in 1831, before his departure to England after 15 years of continuous work and 25 years in the East. On Coleman's unexpected return to Singapore with his bride in November 1843 as he could not settle down in Europe, he took possession of another house of his nearby, standing at 1 & 2 Coleman Street. It was there that he died in 1844, at the age of 49. He was buried in a cemetery at the foot of Bukit Larangan, now Fort Canning Hill. The impressive memorial over his mortal remains still stands at Fort Canning Park. This article or section should include material from Tenancy agreement A lease is a contract conveying from one person (the lessor) to another person (the lessee) the right to use and control some article of property for a specified period of time (the term), without conveying ownership, in exchange for... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ... Fort Canning is a park in central Singapore. ... A memorial is an object served as a memory of something, usually a person (who has died) or an event. ... Fort Canning is a park in central Singapore. ...

Legacy

George Drumgoole Coleman's name lives on in the following entities in Singapore:

• Coleman Street
• Coleman Bridge

References

• Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 9812102051
• Lee Geok Boi (2002), The Religious Monuments of Singapore, Landmark Books, ISBN 9813065621