General Post Office (London)
GPTKB entity
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historic_building
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| gptkbp:address |
gptkb:St_Martin's_Le_Grand,_London
|
| gptkbp:architect |
gptkb:Robert_Smirke
|
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
|
| gptkbp:demolished |
1912
|
| gptkbp:function |
central post office
|
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
central hub for mail distribution in 19th-century Britain
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
General Post Office (London)
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:London
|
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
site of the first public telegraph office
target in the 1883 Fenian dynamite campaign |
| gptkbp:opened |
1829
|
| gptkbp:operatedBy |
gptkb:General_Post_Office_(UK)
|
| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:British_postal_system
|
| gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:King_Edward_Building
|
| gptkbp:style |
Greek Revival
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Sir_Robert_Smirke
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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