Coleman Street was named after George Drumgold Coleman (1795-1844), the famous 19th century architect who designed many of the buildings in Singapore. Born in Ireland, he was reponsible in drafting the layout of the 1822 Jackson Plan of Singapore for Stamford Raffles. He had his home on 3 Coleman Street.
Among the buildings in Singapore designed by George Coleman - in its present form or an earlier version - include the following, which I will call according to their present-day names: