Wheelock House
{{Short description|Office building in Hong Kong}}
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| architecture_firm = Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd
| developer = Cheung Kong Holdings
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Wheelock House ({{lang-zh|t=會德豐大廈}}) is a commercial office building located on Pedder Street in Central, Hong Kong. Wheelock House is a Class A office space completed in 1984 and has 24 storeys. One of its architects was Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd while the real estate developer was Cheung Kong Holdings.
History
Wheelock HouseThe current headquarters of Wheelock and Company Limited, controlling shareholder of The Wharf (Holdings) Limited, a major conglomerate in Hong Kong. was built on the site where once stood three previous generations of Jardine House, the headquarters of Jardine, Matheson & Co. The first Jardine House was probably built around 1841 after Jardine's successful bid for its lots on The Praya Central. In 1908, the second Jardine House was built.{{cite book|last = Ting |first = Joseph S.P.|author2=Wong Nai-kwan | title = City of Victoria| publisher = Urban Council of Hong Kong| date = September 1994 | location = Hong Kong| pages = 13, 29| isbn = 962-7039-31-4}} It was rebuilt in around 1956, and redeveloped in the early 1970s as Wheelock House.
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{{commons category|Wheelock House}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070302233423/http://www.emporis.com/en/cd/cm/?id=wongouyanghkltd-hongkong-china List of Wang & Ouyang (HK) Co's building works]}}
- [http://www.centamap.com/gc/centamaplocation.aspx?x=834273&y=815907&sx=834273.53285&sy=815907.88739&z=2&lg=b5 Map of the Wheelock House, Central]
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