Central School（Scout Den of Queen’s College）

    After the Fall of Hong Kong in 1941, the Queen’s College’s Hollywood Road campus was severely damaged. It was torn down shortly after the war to make room for the Police Married Quarters. In 1947, Queen’s College resumed classes in a temporary school building at No. 26 Kennedy Road. In 1950, the college was allocated a plot of land at Queen’s Recreation Ground in Causeway Bay to construct a new campus for accommodating the needs of the students. The college was moved to its new campus on Causeway Road on 22 September 1950, where it remains to this day.
　　The new two-storey school building covered more than 8,000 square metres. The pavilion, which is said to have been a dressing room for Queen’s Recreation Ground was incorporated into the Queen’s College campus. According to the historical records of Queen’s College, physical education classes and the annualsports day were held in Queen’s Recreation Ground. In March 1950, the college held its last sports day in Queen’s Recreation Ground before it was redeveloped into the new campus of Queen’s College and Royal Naval Sports Ground.
　　After being incorporated into the Queen’s College campus, the pavilion was used for various purposes, including as a Scout Den and activity room. It continues to be a testimony to the changes at the college over the decades and the college’s continual commitment and contribution to nurturing elites for the country.

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Scout Den of Queen’s College, 2024.©Antiquities and Monuments Office

Principal Harry Norman Williamson presides over an activity in front of the Scout Den, circa the 1950s.©Queen’s College

Queen’s College’s Causeway Road campus, 1950.©Queen’s College