Architecture

Former Police Station, ornately carved door frame

Mombasa, Kenya

Former Police Station, ornately carved door frame

Architecture

The Swahili architecture house was built as Mombasa's first police station.

structure overview
Former Police Station
architectural element(s)
door, ornament
material
wood
technique
wood carving

Architecture: Former Police Station

full/alternative names
Ali's Curio Market, Nazareth Bar
built
1898
culture
Swahili
style/period
Swahili style
work type
police station, residential house, store
material
coral rag, wood

Geography

Africa » Eastern Africa » Kenya » Mombasa County » Mombasa » Mvita » Makadara
local language location name
Mombasa, Kenya [English]
historical affiliations
1898-1963
Sultanate of Zanzibar
1898-1920
British East Africa
1920-1963
Kenya Colony

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
5,197 × 3,575  pixel
44.0 × 30.3 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
colour corrected
copyrights
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