Leith Street buildings tell tales of their past


Masterpiece: The spiral staircase at the mansion, which nowhouses the Equator Academy of Art.

BASED on “the latest European style” of its time, Leong Fee Mansion, built in 1907 on Leith Street, Penang, has Victorian elements such as cast iron balconies and is distinguished by its imported slate roof. 

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