Institutions

StXviersCollegeShort
St Xavier’s College and the Collagiate School, Calcutta, 1860

calcuttaBoysSchool
Calcutta Boys’ School, Calcutta, 1877

Old Court House, Calcutta
Calcutta Free School Society, Lal Dighi, Calcutta, 1789

Old Court House, Calcutta(crp)
Charity School, later Free School, Calcutta, estb c1726-1731

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St Thomas School, Kidderpore, Calcutta, 1789

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Hooghly Mohsin College, Chinsurah, 1836

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Ice House, Calcutta, c1833

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Tipu Sultan Mosque, Dhuramtalah Street, Calcutta, 1832

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Old Customs House, Tank Square, Calcutta, c1758

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Baptist Mission Press, Circular Road, Calcutta, 1818

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St James Theatre, Circular Road, Calcutta, 1871

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East Indian Railway, Fairlie Place, Calcutta, c1925

ComLibBldgPlaque
Bengal Telephone Company, Calcutta, 1883

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Tollygunge Club House, Tollygunge, Calcutta, c1895

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Army and Navy Store – Recent View , Chowringhee Road, Calcutta, 2008

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Hall and Anderson Store, Chowringhee, Calcutta, c1925

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Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Chowringhee Road, Calcutta, 1905

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St. John’s Church, Tank Square, Calcutta, 1787

allahabadBank
Calcutta Theatre, Clive Row, Calcutta, 1776

Steuart and Company Coachworks,1795
Steuart and Company : House, Manufactory and Bazar, Tank Square, 1795

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Imperial Library, Metcalfe Hall, Calcutta, c1905

PLAY HOUSE OldFortWilliam
Play House, Old Fort, Tank Square, Calcutta, 1786

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Armenian Church of the Holy Nazareth, Burrabazar, Calcutta, 1724

BelgachiaVilla
Belgachhia Villa, Belgachhia, Calcutta, c1870

Church of the Sacred Heart d'Oyly_1848
Portuguese Church, Dharmatala Street, Calcutta, 1848

OMC 1880s
Old Mission Church (Kiernander’s Mission), Old Fort William, Calcutta, 1774

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Saint Anne Church, Old Fort William, Calcutta, c1730

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Old Court House, Tank Square, c1760-1774


Belvedere House, Alipur, Calcutta,1838

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Sailor’s Home, Strand Road, Calcutta, c1870s

Metcalfe Hall FrancisFirth1850s
Metcalfe Hall, Strand Road, Calcutta, 1851


Taylor and Company’s Emporium, opposite Palmer’s House, Lall Bazar, Calcutta, 1826

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Fort William Interor View, Gobindapur, Calcutta, c1828

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Supreme Court, Esplanade Row, Calcutta, 1851

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Council House [Old], Calcutta, 1764

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Old Court House, Fort William, Calcutta, c1760-1774

OldFortGhaut
Old Fort Ghat, Calcutta, c1787

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East India House, Leadenhall Street, London, c1817

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East India Company’s Factory, Cossimbazar, 1795

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Fort William College, The Exchange, Calcutta, c1800

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Fort William, Calcutta, 1754

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Fort William, Calcutta, 1781

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Garden House of Mr Trinks, Garden Reach, 1795

Bethune_School-Foundation
Bethune School, Laying of Foundation Stone, Cornwallis Square, Calcutta, 1850

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Fort William – Rampart Barracks, Calcutta, c1915

MohamadanCollege
Mohammedan College of Calcutta, 1848

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Royal Calcutta Turf Club, Calcutta, 1845

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Military Orphan (Lower) School, Howrah, Calcutta, 1782

Orphan School, Calcutta (Kolkata) - Albumen Silver Print c1850's
Military Orphan (Upper) School, Kidderpore, Calutta, 1790

Gentoo Pagoda and House
Black Pagoda : Nabaratna Kali Temple (Gentoo Pagoda), Chitpore Road, Calcutta, 1787

CalcuttaClub-AnirbanMitra
Calcutta Club, Calcutta, 1907

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Dalhousie Institute, Calcutta, 1865

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Auckland Hotel, Old Court House Street, Calcutta, c1840

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Spence’s Hotel, Dalhousie Square, 1830

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Firpo’s Restaurant, Chowringhee, Calcutta, 1917

Peliti's turned into a restaurant
Peliti’s Restaurant, Government Palace, Calcutta, 1870

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University of Calcutta Senate Hall, c1910

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Presidency College, College Street, Calcutta, 1855

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Hindu College, College Square, Calcutta, c1851


La Martiniere Boys’ School, Loudon Street, Calcutta, 1836


Bishop’s House, Chowringhee Road, Calcutta, 1849


Bengal Club, Calcutta. Chowringhee Road, Calcutta, 1850s


United Service Club, Calcutta, 1850s

BishopCollege-dOyly
Bishop’s College, Shibpur, Calcutta, 1820


Telegraph Office, Hare Street, Dalhousie Square, 1878

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Hare Street looking towards the River, Calcutta, 1878


Saint Andrews Church, Dalhousie Square, Calcutta, 1840-1850s

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Great Eastern Hotel, Old Council House Street, Calcutta, 1920


Great Eastern Hotel, Old Court House Street, Calcutta, 1850s

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Government House – Gateway, Calcutta, 1865

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Panoramic View of Esplanade Area, Calcutta, 1875

Government House and missionary buildings, Calcutta.
Panoramic View Of Government House and Missionary Buildings, Calcutta, 1860

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Panoramic View Of Chowringhee Road Across Maidan, Calcutta, 1868

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Panoramic View of Chowringhee Road, 1850

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Panoramic View Of Esplanade Area, Calcutta, 1865

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Old Court House Street looking south, Calcutta, 1865

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Military Club House across the Dhurrumtollah Tank, Esplanade Row, Calcutta, 1851

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Bengal Club House, Esplanade Row, Calcutta, 1833

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Espanade Row Near The Dhurrumtollah Tank, Calcutta, 1851

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Esplanade Row, Chowringhee, Calcutta: a Panoramic View, 1833


Chowringhee – A Panoramic View, Calcutta, 1809

The Cathedral and Bishop's Palace Calcutta-bourne-1875s
St. Paul Cathedral and Bishop’s Palace, Calcutta,1875s

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Chowringhee Road from No. IX Esplanade Row, 1848

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Chowringhee – The Main European Residential Area, Calcutta, c1833

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Jaun Bazaar Street, Chowringhee, Calcutta, c1833

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Mansions on Chowringhee Road, Calcutta, 1833

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St. Paul’s Cathedral, Calcutta, 1865

Chowringhee Road – Park Street - Wood
Asiatic Society on Park Street, Chowringhee, Calcutta, c1833

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Empire Theatre, Calutta, 1908

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Chowringhee Theatre – Inerior View, Calcutta, c1830


Bishop’s Palace – View of Chowringhee from the Verandah, 1828


Chowringhee Theatre, Theatre Road, Lower Chowringhee, 1833

Two storey house in Cossipore, a northern suburb of Calcutta (Kolkata) - 1875
Two Storey House in Cossipore, 1875

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Two Storey House in Cossipore with Porte-cochère in Front, 1875

Chowringhee Road. Ballard's Buildings
Ballard’s Buildings, Theatre Road, Chowringhee, Calcutta, c1833

Chowringhee Road. The Bishop's Palace
The Bishop’s Palace, Chowringhee Road, Calcutta, c1833

Esplanade and Government HouseLarge 1863
Esplanade and Government House, Calcutta, 1863

Writers Buildings - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1885
Writers’ Buildings, Tank Square, Calcutta, 1786

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Esplanade Row, 1874

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Old Court House Street, Calcutta, 1875


Bank of Calcutta, 1806

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Summer House of the Governor General, Barrackpore, 1807


Kali Temple, Kalighat : from its river side, 1809

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Town Hall, Calcutta,1813


Gwalior Memorial, Strand Road, 1847

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Sudder Dewany Adawlut, Calcutta, 1851

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Dakshineshwar Temple – Calcutta, 1855

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Residence of Governor General, Barrackpore, 1858

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Ochterlony Monument, 1860


Government House, Dalhousie Square, 1860

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Government House, Calcutta, 1860s

General Post Office, Calcutta 1885
Calcutta General Post Office, Dalhousie Square, 1864

Samuel Bourne in c.1864. Located on the south-east corner of the Maidan, St. Paul's Cathedral was designed by Major W. N. Forbes, architect of the silver mint
St. Paul Cathedral, 1864

Currency Office in Dalhousie Square - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1878
Money Currency Office, Dalhousie Square East, c1878

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Tagore Castle, Pathuriaghata, 1907

Old bank
Alliance Bank of Simla, Council House Street, 1910


Ordnance Building , Esplanade Row East, 1912


Pareshnath Jain Temple, Hatibagan, 1944

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Nakhoda Masjid, 1926


Great Eastern Hotel, Calcutta, 1930s


Bagree Chouck, Hansaraj Supermarket, Burrabazar, 1944

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