Blake Pier Was Built in Three Different Locations

Stanley, on the southern edge of Hong Kong Island, is known for its two strangely out-of-place structures: Murray House and Blake Pier. In fact, neither of these buildings originally belonged to Stanley’s history, as they were initially built in Central during the early years of Colonial Hong Kong, then known as the City of Victoria, named after Queen Victoria.

However, unlike most buildings in the world, Blake Pier has traveled quite a bit. In 1900, the first iteration of Blake Pier was built at the end of Pedder Street, which, before reclamation projects took place, ended on the northern shoreline of Hong Kong Island. Originally, Blake Pier had no cover; it was only in 1909 that the current steel-structure was constructed on top of the pier.

In 1965, Blake Pier embarked on its first relocation. After it was demolished to be replaced by a second-generation pier, the original Blake Pier was dismantled, and its upper structure was relocated to the open-air oval theatre in Morse Park, Wong Tai Sin, in eastern Kowloon.

Eventually, in 2006, it was again dismantled and relocated to Stanley, 60 meters (about 200 feet) south of the similarly relocated Murray House, where it still stands to this day.