ABN-Amro Bank Building

The ABN-Amro Bank Building facade facing Beach Street

The ABN-Amro Bank Building façade facing Beach Street

Another view of the ABN-Amro Bank Building

Another view of the ABN Amro Bank Building

The ABN-Amro Bank is a heritage building at No. 9 Beach Street, George Town. It was designed in the Neo-Classical style building by the architectural firm of Wilson & Neubronner and completed in 1905. This Dutch bank was established as the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij or Netherlands Trading Society. It was opened a branch in Penang in 1888.

The Penang ABN-Amro Bank Building used to have a domed turret which was later altered to the present squarish shape. The façade features a series of arches rendered with immitation rustification and keystoning. When it was built, the ABN-Amro Bank Building used to face the now no longer existing Crown Road, opposite the old East India Company offices. These have since made way for the present HSBC Building, and Crown Road narrowed to become a nameless alley as it is today.

At present the ABN-Amro Bank Building houses the RBS Bank, the Royal Bank of Scotland.

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