General Post Office, St Martin's Le Grand
GPTKB entity
Statements (18)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:building
former post office headquarters |
gptkbp:address |
gptkb:St_Martin's_Le_Grand,_City_of_London
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gptkbp:architect |
gptkb:Robert_Smirke
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gptkbp:city |
gptkb:London
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gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:demolished |
1912
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gptkbp:function |
headquarters of the General Post Office
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
central hub for British postal system in the 19th century
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
General Post Office, St Martin's Le Grand
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:St_Martin's_Le_Grand,_London
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gptkbp:notableEvent |
site of the first public telegraph office
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gptkbp:opened |
1829
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gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:King_Edward_Building
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gptkbp:status |
demolished
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gptkbp:style |
neoclassical architecture
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:General_Post_Office_(GPO)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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