architecture
Esplanade Mansion (Watson's Hotel)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
एस्प्लनेड मँशन (ēsplanēḍa mam̐śana) [Marathi]
Watson's Esplanade Hotel [English]
Architecture
Esplanade Mansion is India's oldest as well as one of world's oldest surviving multi-level cast iron framed buildings.
historic names
Watson's Esplanade Hotel
Mahendra Mansion
built
1867-1869
style/period
work type by function
material
technique
architect
patronage
Specifications
height
24.4 m
width
57.9 m
length
24.4 m
Geography
local language location name
location:
मुंबई (Mumbaī) [Marathi]
country:
India [English]
भारत (bhārat) [Hindi]
historic location names
Bombay
historical affiliations
1867-1947
UNESCO World Heritage Site
type
cultural
criteria
II,
IV
designation
reference
1480
