Goodwood Park Hotel
Singapore's 1900 Teutonia Club, castellated gatekeeper of Scotts Road
About the Property
Originally built in 1900 as the Teutonia Club — the social heart of Singapore's German expatriate community — Goodwood Park Hotel is one of the island's most architecturally distinctive buildings. Its castellated tower and half-timbered Edwardian facade stand in vivid contrast to the glass towers of Orchard Road. Seized as enemy property in both World Wars, auctioned, and eventually converted to a hotel in 1929, it was gazetted a National Monument in 1989. The hotel's poolside durian buffets have become a Singapore institution in their own right.
Original Purpose
Teutonia Club for German expatriates
Highlights
History Timeline
Teutonia Club opens as the exclusive social club for Singapore's German expatriate community
British authorities seize the club as enemy property at the outbreak of World War I
Auctioned and converted into the Goodwood Park Hotel; formal hotel operations begin
Requisitioned by Japanese forces during occupation; serves as officers' quarters
Acquired by the Khoo family; major restoration and expansion programme undertaken
Gazetted as a Singapore National Monument — one of the first hotels to receive this designation