Eu Tong Sen's Stately GARDEN VILLA .. A Private Club?

The east entrance of Eu Tong Sen's Garden Villa.  

This Anglo-Malay architectural styled villa used to be located on No 5 Jalan Nazrin Shah (Gopeng Road) some years ago until it was demolished.

It was called Garden Villa and belonged to the estate of Eu Tong Sen, the multi-millionaire in the early 1900’s.

Eu Tong Sen's Forest Lodge 

Apparently it was supposed to be an annex to Forest Lodge the palatial residence of Mr Eu located 200 meters east. 

East to north

The Garden Villa was used by him and his rich friends as a private club house. It certainly appeared plausible that it was a private clubhouse though I also heard rumor that they used to have horse racing.

The alignment of the building was that it had two entrances. One entrance faced east and immediately opposite faced the west. 

The east side entrance had two store rooms and the toilets. The west entrance until the middle of the building was a spacious hall with windows all around facing north, west and south side providing a panoramic view.

Entering from the east the view is panoramic 

another panoramic view from inside

The west entrance. Windows all around. 

Though I wondered what it was that required such a panoramic viewing.  My only thought was only horse racing but then where was the course.

North side

The palatial Forest Lodge and stately Garden Villa...the Eu wealth and lifestyle of the early 1900's

Which made me wonder how big was the Eu Tong Sen estate then. Was it the whole of and what is now Chateau Garden and beyond.

We read about the wealth that Eu Tong Sen’s businesses had generated those days from tin and rubber and what not was certainly substantial and would have enabled such a lifestyle.

So was it fabulously wonderful time. Your guess is as good as mine.

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