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Rippon Building

Rippon Building is one of the monuments that are found in Chennai as a witness to an era that has gone by. Today, one of the most important tourist attractions of Chennai, the Rippon Building was named after Lord Rippon, the father of Self-Government in India.

The foundation of the building was laid on December 12, 1909 by Sir Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynyn Mound Bart and Carl of Minto, the then Viceroy and Governor General of India respectively. Pristine white, the architecture of the Rippon Building of Chennai is influenced by a number of architectural styles like the Gothic, Ionic and Corinthian.

The expense that was incurred for the construction of the building was an enormously high sum of almost 7.30 lakhs Rupees. The building was designed by four of the most famous engineers of the age namely, C.L.T.Griffith (1909), J.E.Hensman (1910-1911), E.P.Richard (1912) and James R.Coats (1913).

Rippon Building 1913

The Rippon Building in Chennai is located opposite to the Park railway station and is to the west of the Central Railway station in the city. Today the headquarters of the Corporation of Chennai is in the Rippon Building. The Madras Corporation, the first in India, was created in 1687 by a Royal Charter of JamesII by the order of the governor, Elihu Yale and Josiah Child, the Chairman of the East India Company. The Chennai Corporation and its council are functioning in this building.

Rippon building is one of the magnificent landmarks of the city and the dazzling white building is one of the few public buildings in Chennai that time has not managed to ravage.

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Written By: Source Internet
Date Posted: 4/19/2007
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