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| newspaper = Sify News
| newspaper = Sify News
| location = Chennai
| location = Chennai
| publisher = Sify News
| date = 18 April 2012
| date = 18 April 2012
| url = http://www.sify.com/news/tamil-nadu-s-shameful-disregard-for-heritage-buildings-news-columns-mesoTOafgdg.html
| url = http://www.sify.com/news/tamil-nadu-s-shameful-disregard-for-heritage-buildings-news-columns-mesoTOafgdg.html
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| newspaper = India Today
| newspaper = India Today
| location = Chennai
| location = Chennai
| publisher = India Today
| date = 10 October 2008
| date = 10 October 2008
| url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/In+the+city/1/17270.html
| url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/In+the+city/1/17270.html
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| newspaper = The Hindu
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Hindu
| date = 3 July 2018
| date = 3 July 2018
| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/conserving-chennais-past/article24317534.ece
| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/conserving-chennais-past/article24317534.ece
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| newspaper = The Hindu
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Hindu
| date = 6 February 2013
| date = 6 February 2013
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/42-government-buildings-among-70-vying-for-heritage-status/article4383165.ece?ref=sliderNews
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/42-government-buildings-among-70-vying-for-heritage-status/article4383165.ece?ref=sliderNews
| access-date = 11 Feb 2013}}</ref> In 2010, the criteria for listing the heritage structures in the CMA region was finalised, and in 2011, the process of assessment and documentation of heritage structures began.<ref name="Hindu_ConservingChennaiPast"/> A 17-member Heritage Commission was set up on May 2012 to maintain these structures, after a fire accident in Kalas Mahal, a 244-year-old heritage building in front of [[Marina beach]].<ref name="Hindu_Heritage commission formed">{{cite news
| access-date = 11 Feb 2013}}</ref> In 2010, the criteria for listing the heritage structures in the CMA region was finalised, and in 2011, the process of assessment and documentation of heritage structures began.<ref name="Hindu_ConservingChennaiPast"/> A 17-member Heritage Commission was set up in May 2012 to maintain these structures, after a fire accident in Kalas Mahal, a 244-year-old heritage building in front of [[Marina beach]].<ref name="Hindu_Heritage commission formed">{{cite news
| last = Srivathsan
| last = Srivathsan
| first = A
| first = A
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| newspaper = The Hindu
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Hindu
| date = 19 September 2013
| date = 19 September 2013
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/heritage-commission-remains-on-paper/article5142861.ece
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/heritage-commission-remains-on-paper/article5142861.ece
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Prominent buildings on the HCC's list include:
Prominent buildings on the HCC's list include:
* [[Madras High Court]]
* [[Madras High Court]]
* [[Santhome Church]]
* [[Anderson Church, Chennai|Anderson Church, Parry's]]
* [[Anderson Church, Chennai|Anderson Church, Parry's]]
* [[Church of Our Lady of Light, Chennai|Church of Our Lady of Light (Luz Church)]], [[Mylapore]]
* [[Church of Our Lady of Light, Chennai|Church of Our Lady of Light (Luz Church)]], [[Mylapore]]
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|-
|-
|1.
|1.
|[[Chennai Central railway station]]
|[[Parthasarathy Temple]]
|[[Gothic Revival]]
|[[Dravidian architecture]]
|1873
|c. 6th century CE
|[[George M. Harding (architect)|George Harding]]
|
|[[Park Town, Chennai|Park Town]]
|[[Triplicane]]
|Built as a second terminus to decongest the [[Royapuram Railway Station|Royapuram harbour station]], which was being utilised for port movements. Built in a combination of styles, namely, [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] and [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]].<ref name="Hindu_LongHistoryOfService">{{cite news
|Built by [[Narasimhavarman I]]
| last = Kurian
|[[File:Tiruvallikeni1.jpg|150px]]
| first = Nimi
| title = Long history of service
| location = Chennai
| date = 18 August 2006
| url = http://www.hindu.com/yw/2006/08/18/stories/2006081803360100.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060820133544/http://www.hindu.com/yw/2006/08/18/stories/2006081803360100.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 20 August 2006
| newspaper = [[The Hindu]]
| access-date = 3 Nov 2012}}</ref>
|[[File:Chennai Central side.jpg|150px]]
|-
|-
|2.
|2.
|[[Southern Railway headquarters, Chennai|Southern Railway headquarters]]
|''[[Descent of the Ganges (Mahabalipuram)|Descent of the Ganges]]''
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|[[Dravidian architecture]]
|1921
|c. 7th century CE
|N. Grayson
|
|[[Park Town, Chennai|Park Town]]
|[[Mahabalipuram]]
|Originally built as the new [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]] Company (MSMR) headquarters (successor of Madras Railway Company), replacing the general office of MSMR at [[Royapuram Railway Station]]. Built for the first time in India in reinforced concrete in classical and Dravidian styles.<ref>{{cite web
|One of the [[Group of Monuments at Mamallapuram]] that were designated as a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]] since 1984.<ref name="Unesco">{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/249/|title=Group of Monuments at Mamallapuram|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=2007-03-03
| last = Venkataraman
}}</ref>
| first = G.
|[[File:Descent of the Ganges 01.jpg|150px]]
|author2=A. Anne Shanthi
| title = History of Historical Building and Monuments in and around Chennai
| publisher = CMDA Chennai
| url = http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/pdfs/seminar_heritage_buildings/History_of_Historical_Monuments_in_and_around_Chennai.pdf
| format = PDF
| access-date = 10 May 2012}}</ref>
|[[File:Southern Railway HQ.jpg|150px]]
|-
|-
|3.
|3.
|[[General Post Office, Chennai|General Post Office]]
|[[Kapaleeshwarar Temple]]
|[[Victorian County-Colonial]]
|[[Dravidian architecture]]
|1884
|c. 7th century CE
|[[Robert Fellowes Chisholm]]
|
|[[George Town, Chennai|George Town]]
|[[Mylapore]]
|Built at a cost of {{INR}} 680,000.<ref name="MadrasMiscellany_GPOBegins">{{cite news
|Built by the [[Pallava]] kings.
| last = Muthiah
|[[File:Kapaleeswarar1.jpg|150px]]
| first = S.
| title = Madras miscellany&nbsp;— The Madras G.P.O. beginnings
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Hindu
| date =30 October 2011
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2579909.ece
| access-date = 10 Mar 2012}}</ref>
|[[File:The General Post Office, Chennai.jpeg|100px]]
|-
|-
|4.
|4.
|[[Madras High Court]]
|[[Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvottiyur|Thyagaraja Temple]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|[[Dravidian architecture]]
|1892
|c. 7th century CE
|J. W. Brassington, [[Henry Irwin]]
|
|[[George Town, Chennai|George Town]]
|[[Tiruvottiyur]]
|The court buildings are believed to be the second largest judicial complex in the world after the one in [[London]]. The complex also houses the largest number of courts in [[Asia]].<ref name="Madras High Court">{{cite web | url=http://chennai.bsnl.co.in/chennai/hicourt.html | title=Madras High Court | publisher=BSNL | access-date=2 March 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130065529/http://www.chennai.bsnl.co.in/chennai/hicourt.html | archive-date=30 January 2012 }}</ref><ref name="High Court Building">{{cite web | url=http://www.chennai-directory.com/tourist/touristplaces.php?places=highcourtbuilding.html&menu=23 | title=High Court Building | publisher=CHENNAI-DIRECTORY.COM | access-date=2 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605225809/http://www.chennai-directory.com/tourist/touristplaces.php?places=highcourtbuilding.html&menu=23 | archive-date=5 June 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="SomeThoughtsAround">{{cite news
|Built by the [[Pallava]] kings.
  | last = Chandru
|[[File:thyagaraswamy1.jpg|150px]]
  | first = K.
  | title = Some thoughts around the Madras High Court
  | newspaper = The Hindu
  | location = Chennai
  | publisher = The Hindu
  | date = 26 Nov 2011
  | url = http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article2660141.ece?homepage=true
  | access-date = 27 Nov 2011}}</ref>
|[[File:Chennai High Court.jpg|150px]]
|-
|-
|5.
|5.
|[[Bharat Insurance Building]]
|[[Marundeeswarar Temple]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|[[Dravidian architecture]]
|1897
|c. 7th–8th century CE
|
|[[Thiruvanmiyur]]
|Expanded during the [[Chola dynasty]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Hodgetts|first=Jim Brayley|title=Madras Matters At Home in South India |year=2008|publisher=Hodgetts |isbn=978-1-4357-0887-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTbDI2N2lL4C&q=marundeeswarar+temple&pg=PA56|ref=Hodgetts}}</ref>
|[[File:marundeeswarar7.jpg|150px]]
|-
|6.
|[[Church of Our Lady of Light, Chennai|Church of Our Lady of Light]]
|[[Herrerian]]
|1516
|
|[[Mylapore]]
|Built by Portuguese explorers in [[Mylapore]] [[Chennai]] and has a oldest Madonna Painting of [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Mary]] with [[Jesus]] up in the Altar.
|[[File:Luz church, Chennai.jpg|frameless|100px|centre|]]
|-
|7.
|Dargha of Sufi Saint Syed Moosa Sha Khaderi
|
|17th century
|
|
|[[Anna Salai]]
|[[Anna Salai]]
|Originally known as Kardyl Building
|
|
|[[File:Dargha_Syed_Moosa_Sha_Khaderi_in_Anna_Salai,_Chennai.jpg|150px]]
|-
|8.
|[[Fort St. George, India|Fort St. George]]
|
|1640
|
|[[George Town, Chennai|George Town]]
|First major British settlements in India, leading to the foundation of the city of Madras. One of the 163 notified areas (megalithic sites) in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="Hindu_NISModifiesExpansionPlan">{{cite news | last = Madhavan | first = D. | title = National Institute of Siddha modifies expansion plan | newspaper = The Hindu | location = Chennai | publisher = Kasturi & Sons | date = 20 December 2012 | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/national-institute-of-siddha-modifies-expansion-plan/article4218676.ece | access-date = 23 Dec 2012}}</ref>
|[[File:Fort St. George.jpg|150px]]
|-
|-
|6.
|9.
|[[Chepauk Palace]]
|[[Chepauk Palace]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
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|[[File:Chepauk Palace.jpg|150px]]
|[[File:Chepauk Palace.jpg|150px]]
|-
|-
|7.
|10.
|[[Senate House (University of Madras)|Senate House, University of Madras]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|1879
|[[Robert Fellowes Chisholm]]
|[[Chepauk]]
|Incorporates many elements of the Byzantine style.<ref name="srinivasacharip262">[[#Srinivasachari|Srinivasachari]], Introduction, p 262</ref> The great hall of the Senate House is of immense height and proportions, considered to be the finest of its kind in India.<ref name="srinivasacharip262" /><ref name="srinivasacharipxxxiv">[[#Srinivasachari|Srinivasachari]], Introduction, p xxxiv</ref>
|[[File:The Senate House, Madras.jpg|150px]]
|-
|8.
|[[College of Engineering, Guindy|College of Engineering]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|1920<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/survivors-of-time-college-of-engineering-guindy/article2671458.ece | title= Survivors of time – College of Engineering (Guindy) | date=29 November 2011 | first=Anusha | last=Parthasarathy | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=28 July 2018 }}</ref>
|
|[[Guindy]]
|Designed by consulting architect W. H. Nicholls and later by chief engineer F. J. Wilson.<ref name="cmdachennai.gov.in">http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/pdfs/seminar_heritage_buildings/History_of_Historical_Monuments_in_and_around_Chennai.pdf</ref>
|[[File:CEG main building with leaf.JPG|150px]]
|-
|9.
|[[Government Museum, Chennai|Government Museum Buildings]]
|[[Government Museum, Chennai|Government Museum Buildings]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
| between 1789 and 1890
| 1789
|Henry Irwin
|Henry Irwin
|[[Egmore]]
|[[Egmore]]
|
| Constructed between 1789 and 1890
|[[File:Madras museum theatre in October 2007.jpg|150px]]
|[[File:Madras museum theatre in October 2007.jpg|150px]]
|-
|-
|10.
|11.
|[[The National Art Gallery (Chennai)|National Art Gallery]]
|[[Amir Mahal]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
| 1906
|1798
|[[Henry Irwin]]
|[[Egmore]]
|
|
|[[File:Chennai National Art Gallery.jpg|150px]]
|[[Royapettah]]
|-
|11.
|[[Egmore Railway Station]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|1908
|[[Henry Irwin]]
|[[Egmore]]
|
|
|[[File:02Madras Egmore Station.jpg|150px]]
|[[File:AMIR MAHAL - panoramio (1).jpg|150px]]
|-
|-
|12.
|12.
|[[Ripon Building]]
|[[Government Central Press, Chennai|Government Central Press]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|
|1913
|1807
|G.S.T Harris
|
|[[Park Town, Chennai|Park Town]]
|[[George Town, Chennai|George Town]]
|Built at a cost of {{INR}} 750,000.
|
|[[File:Ripon Building Chennai.JPG|150px]]
|
|-
|-
|13.
|13.
|[[Victoria Public Hall]]
|[[Thousand Lights Mosque]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|1888-1890
|[[Robert Fellowes Chisholm]]
|[[Park Town, Chennai|Park Town]]
|The venue of the first cinema show in Chennai.
|[[File:Victoria Public Hall, Chennai.JPG|150px]]
|-
|14.
|The Mail
|
|
|
|1810
|
|
|[[Anna Salai]]
|[[Anna Salai]]
|
|
|[[File:The Mail 2.jpg|150px]]
|[[File:Thousand Lights Mosque (6708375421).jpg|150px]]
|-
|-
|15.
|14.
|[[P.Orr & Sons|P Orr & Sons]]
|[[Egmore Eye Hospital]]
|
|
|1819
|
|
|[[Egmore]]
|
|
|[[Anna Salai]]
|
|
|[[File:P.Orr & Sons - Interior (2).jpg|150px]]
|-
|15.
|[[St Andrew's Church, Chennai|St Andrew's Church]]
|[[Georgian architecture|Georgian church architecture]]
|1821
|Major De Havilland
|[[Egmore]]
|Built at a cost of 20,000 UK pounds
|[[File:St_Andrews_Church_-_The_Kirk.jpg|150px|]]
|-
|-
|16.
|16.
|The Hindu
|[[Police headquarters building, Chennai|Police headquarters]]
|
|
|1839
|
|
|[[Mylapore]]
|Renovated in 1993.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Iyengar | first = Pushpa | title = Cornered Stones | journal = Outlook India | publisher = Outlook India.com | date = 2 June 2008 | url = http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?237561 | access-date = 19 May 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110219142022/http://outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?237561 | archive-date = 19 February 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|
|
|[[Anna Salai]]
|
|[[File:The Hindu front.jpg|150px]]
|-
|-
|17.
|17.
|Christ Church
|Christ Church
|
|
|
|1844
|
|
|[[Anna Salai]]
|[[Anna Salai]]
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|-
|-
|18.
|18.
|[[Suguna Vilasa Sabha]]
|[[Higginbotham's]]
|
|
|
|
|1844
|Abel Joshua Higginbotham
|[[Anna Salai]]
|[[Anna Salai]]
|Possibly one of the earliest drama theatres with stalwarts like Pammal Sambanda Mudaliar — now called SVS Club.
|The first and the oldest existing book shop in India.
|
|[[File:Higginbothams.jpg|150px]]
|-
|-
|19.
|19.
|Dargha of Sufi Saint Syed Moosa Sha Khaderi
|[[Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai|Government College of Fine Arts and Crafts]]
|
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|17th century
|1850
|
|[[Robert Fellowes Chisholm]]
|[[Anna Salai]]
|[[Egmore]]
|
|The first school of arts in Asia
|[[File:Dargha_Syed_Moosa_Sha_Khaderi_in_Anna_Salai,_Chennai.jpg|150px]]
|[[File:Govt Fine Arts College Madras.jpg|150px|]]
|-
|-
|20.
|20.
|[[Gove Building]] (formerly Cuddon Building)
|[[Royapuram railway station]]
|
|
|1853
|
|
|
|[[Royapuram]]
|[[Anna Salai]]
|Designed by William Adelpi Tracey.<ref name="cmdachennai.gov.in"/> Third oldest railway station in the country and the oldest in South India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Third oldest railway station in country set to turn 156 |newspaper=Deccan Chronicle |location=Chennai |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/third-oldest-railway-station-country-set-turn-156-518 |access-date=27 Jun 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629014508/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/third-oldest-railway-station-country-set-turn-156-518 |archive-date=2012-06-29}}</ref>
|
|[[File:Royapuram-Stn-Oct07.jpg|150px]]
|[[File:Chennai (6708360121).jpg|150px]]
|-
|-
|21.
|21.
|[[Higginbotham's]]
|The Mail
|
|1868
|
|
|1844
|Abel Joshua Higginbotham
|[[Anna Salai]]
|[[Anna Salai]]
|The first and the oldest existing book shop in India.
|
|[[File:Higginbothams.jpg|150px]]
|[[File:The Mail 2.jpg|150px]]
|-
|-
|22.
|22.
|[[King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research]]
|[[Chennai Central railway station]]
|
|[[Gothic Revival]]
|1899
|1873
|
|[[George M. Harding (architect)|George Harding]]
|[[Anna Salai]], [[Guindy]]
|[[Park Town, Chennai|Park Town]]
|
|Built as a second terminus to decongest the [[Royapuram Railway Station|Royapuram harbour station]], which was being utilised for port movements. Built in a combination of styles, namely, [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] and [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]].<ref name="Hindu_LongHistoryOfService">{{cite news| last = Kurian| first = Nimi| title = Long history of service| location = Chennai| date = 18 August 2006| url = http://www.hindu.com/yw/2006/08/18/stories/2006081803360100.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060820133544/http://www.hindu.com/yw/2006/08/18/stories/2006081803360100.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 20 August 2006| newspaper = [[The Hindu]] | access-date = 3 Nov 2012}}</ref>
|
|[[File:Chennai train station.jpg|150px]]
|-
|-
|23.
|23.
|[[Royapuram railway station]]
|[[Senate House (University of Madras)|Senate House, University of Madras]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|1879
|[[Robert Fellowes Chisholm]]
|[[Chepauk]]
|Incorporates many elements of the Byzantine style.<ref name="srinivasacharip262">[[#Srinivasachari|Srinivasachari]], Introduction, p 262</ref> The great hall of the Senate House is of immense height and proportions, considered to be the finest of its kind in India.<ref name="srinivasacharip262" /><ref name="srinivasacharipxxxiv">[[#Srinivasachari|Srinivasachari]], Introduction, p xxxiv</ref>
|[[File:The Senate House, Madras.jpg|150px]]
|-
|24.
|[[P.Orr & Sons|P Orr & Sons]]
|
|1879
|
|
|1853
|[[Anna Salai]]
|
|
|[[Royapuram]]
|[[File:P.Orr & Sons - Interior (2).jpg|150px]]
|Designed by William Adelpi Tracey.<ref name="cmdachennai.gov.in"/> Third oldest railway station in the country and the oldest in South India.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Third oldest railway station in country set to turn 156
|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle
|location=Chennai
|publisher=Deccan Chronicle
|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/third-oldest-railway-station-country-set-turn-156-518
|access-date=27 Jun 2012
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629014508/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/third-oldest-railway-station-country-set-turn-156-518
|archive-date=2012-06-29
}}</ref>
|[[File:Royapuram-Stn-Oct07.jpg|150px]]
|-
|-
|24.
|25.
|[[Fort St. George, India|Fort St. George]]
|Deputy Inspector General of Registration
|
|
|1640
|1880
|
|
|[[George Town, Chennai|George Town]]
|[[George Town, Chennai|George Town]]
|First major British settlements in India, leading to the foundation of the city of Madras. One of the 163 notified areas (megalithic sites) in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="Hindu_NISModifiesExpansionPlan">{{cite news
|Housed registration department offices. Spread over 20,000 sq ft.<ref name="Hindu_3BuildingsToRiseFromRuins">{{cite news | last = K. | first = Lakshmi | title = 3 historic buildings to rise from the ruins | newspaper = The Hindu | location = Chennai | pages = 2 | publisher = Kasturi & Sons | date = 13 December 2017 | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/3-historic-buildings-to-rise-from-the-ruins/article21560245.ece | access-date = 17 December 2017}}</ref>
  | last = Madhavan
|
  | first = D.
  | title = National Institute of Siddha modifies expansion plan
  | newspaper = The Hindu
  | location = Chennai
  | publisher = The Hindu
  | date = 20 December 2012
  | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/national-institute-of-siddha-modifies-expansion-plan/article4218676.ece
  | access-date = 23 Dec 2012}}</ref>
|[[File:Fort St. George.jpg|150px]]
|-
|-
|25.
|26.
|[[Police headquarters building, Chennai|Police headquarters]]
|[[The Hindu]]
|
|
|1839
|1883
|
|
|[[Mylapore]]
|[[Anna Salai]]
|Renovated in 1993.<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Iyengar
| first = Pushpa
| title = Cornered Stones
| journal = Outlook India
| publisher = Outlook India.com
| date = 2 June 2008
| url = http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?237561
| access-date = 19 May 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110219142022/http://outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?237561
| archive-date = 19 February 2011
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
|
|
|[[File:The Hindu front.jpg|150px]]
|-
|27.
|[[General Post Office, Chennai|General Post Office]]
|[[Victorian County-Colonial]]
|1884
|[[Robert Fellowes Chisholm]]
|[[George Town, Chennai|George Town]]
|Built at a cost of {{INR}} 680,000.<ref name="MadrasMiscellany_GPOBegins">{{cite news | last = Muthiah | first = S. | title = Madras miscellany&nbsp;— The Madras G.P.O. beginnings | newspaper = The Hindu | location = Chennai | publisher = Kasturi & Sons | date =30 October 2011 | url = http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2579909.ece | access-date = 10 Mar 2012}}</ref>
|[[File:The General Post Office, Chennai.jpeg|150px]]
|-
|28.
|[[Victoria Public Hall]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|1888-1890
|[[Robert Fellowes Chisholm]]
|[[Park Town, Chennai|Park Town]]
|The venue of the first cinema show in Chennai.
|[[File:Victoria Public Hall, Chennai.JPG|150px]]
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|[[Madras High Court]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|1892
|J. W. Brassington, [[Henry Irwin]]
|[[George Town, Chennai|George Town]]
|The court buildings are believed to be the second largest judicial complex in the world after the one in [[London]]. The complex also houses the largest number of courts in [[Asia]].<ref name="Madras High Court">{{cite web | url=http://chennai.bsnl.co.in/chennai/hicourt.html | title=Madras High Court | publisher=BSNL | access-date=2 March 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130065529/http://www.chennai.bsnl.co.in/chennai/hicourt.html | archive-date=30 January 2012 }}</ref><ref name="High Court Building">{{cite web | url=http://www.chennai-directory.com/tourist/touristplaces.php?places=highcourtbuilding.html&menu=23 | title=High Court Building | publisher=CHENNAI-DIRECTORY.COM | access-date=2 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605225809/http://www.chennai-directory.com/tourist/touristplaces.php?places=highcourtbuilding.html&menu=23 | archive-date=5 June 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="SomeThoughtsAround">{{cite news | last = Chandru | first = K. | title = Some thoughts around the Madras High Court | newspaper = The Hindu | location = Chennai | publisher = Kasturi & Sons | date = 26 Nov 2011 | url = http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article2660141.ece?homepage=true | access-date = 27 Nov 2011}}</ref>
|[[File:Chennai High Court.jpg|150px]]
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|[[Santhome Church]]
|[[Gothic revival architecture]]
|1896
|Caption J.A.Power
|[[Santhome]]
|Built over the tomb of [[Saint Thomas the Apostle]] by Portuguese explorers in 1523 and later rebuild by British in 1893. It is considered to be the oldest church of Chennai.
|[[File:St Thomas Basilica, Mylapore, Chennai.jpg|150px]]
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|[[Amir Mahal]]
|[[Bharat Insurance Building]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|1798
|1897
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|[[Royapettah]]
|[[Anna Salai]]
|Originally known as Kardyl Building
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|[[File:AMIR MAHAL - panoramio (1).jpg|150px]]
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|[[Bank of Madras|State Bank of India Building]]
|[[Bank of Madras|State Bank of India Building]]
|[[Victorian Architecture]]
|[[Victorian Architecture]]
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|[[File:The Bank of Madras.jpeg|150px]]
|[[File:The Bank of Madras.jpeg|150px]]
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|Red Fort building at the [[Madras Medical College]]
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|1897
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|[[Park Town, Chennai|Park Town]]
|<ref>{{Cite news | last = Josephine M. | first = Serena | title = 'Red Fort' at Madras Medical College to reopen as museum | newspaper = The Hindu | location = Chennai | date = 1 August 2018 | url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/red-fort-at-madras-medical-college-to-reopen-as-museum/article24567367.ece | access-date = 5 August 2018}}</ref>
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|[[King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research]]
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|1899
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|[[Anna Salai]], [[Guindy]]
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|[[Dobbin Hall]]
|[[Dobbin Hall]]
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|[[Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai|Government College of Fine Arts and Crafts]]
|[[The National Art Gallery (Chennai)|National Art Gallery]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
| 1906
|[[Henry Irwin]]
|[[Egmore]]
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|[[File:Chennai National Art Gallery.jpg|150px]]
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|[[Egmore Railway Station]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|1850
|1908
|[[Robert Fellowes Chisholm]]
|[[Henry Irwin]]
|[[Egmore]]
|[[Egmore]]
|The first school of arts in Asia
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|[[File:Govt Fine Arts College Madras.jpg|150px|]]
|[[File:02Madras Egmore Station.jpg|150px]]
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|[[Madras Record Office]]
|[[Madras Record Office]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|1909<ref>http://www.tnarchives.tn.gov.in/aboutus.html</ref>
|1909<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tnarchives.tn.gov.in/aboutus.html|title = Archives and Historical Research Department}}</ref>
|G. S. T. Harris
|G. S. T. Harris
|[[Egmore]]
|[[Egmore]]
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|[[St Andrew's Church, Chennai|St Andrew's Church]]
|[[Ripon Building]]
|[[Georgian architecture|Georgian church architecture]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|1821
|1913
|Major De Havilland
|G.S.T Harris
|[[Egmore]]
|[[Park Town, Chennai|Park Town]]
|Built at a cost of 20,000 UK pounds
|Built at a cost of {{INR}} 750,000.
|[[File:St_Andrews_Church_-_The_Kirk.jpg|150px|]]
|[[File:Ripon Building Chennai.JPG|150px]]
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|[[Government Central Press, Chennai|Government Central Press]]
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|1807
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|[[George Town, Chennai|George Town]]
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|Deputy Inspector General of Registration
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|1880
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|[[George Town, Chennai|George Town]]
|Housed registration department offices. Spread over 20,000 sq ft.<ref name="Hindu_3BuildingsToRiseFromRuins">{{cite news
| last = K.
| first = Lakshmi
| title = 3 historic buildings to rise from the ruins
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| pages = 2
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 13 December 2017
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/3-historic-buildings-to-rise-from-the-ruins/article21560245.ece
| access-date = 17 December 2017}}</ref>
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|[[Kilpauk Water Works]]
|[[Kilpauk Water Works]]
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|[[Kilpauk]]
|[[Kilpauk]]
|First water treatment facility with 80 mld capacity.<ref name="Hindu_PlantGoesHiTech">{{cite news  
|First water treatment facility with 80 mld capacity.<ref name="Hindu_PlantGoesHiTech">{{cite news | title = Kilpauk water works facility goes hi-tech | newspaper = The Hindu | location = Chennai | publisher = Kasturi & Sons | date = 18 December 2017 | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/kilpauk-water-works-facility-goes-hi-tech/article21828476.ece | access-date = 7 January 2018}}</ref>
  | title = Kilpauk water works facility goes hi-tech
  | newspaper = The Hindu
  | location = Chennai
  | publisher = Kasturi & Sons
  | date = 18 December 2017
  | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/kilpauk-water-works-facility-goes-hi-tech/article21828476.ece
  | access-date = 7 January 2018}}</ref>
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|Red Fort building at the [[Madras Medical College]]
|[[Gove Building]] (formerly Cuddon Building)
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|1897
|1916
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|[[Park Town, Chennai|Park Town]]
|[[Anna Salai]]
|<ref>{{Cite news
  | last = Josephine M.
  | first = Serena
  | title = 'Red Fort' at Madras Medical College to reopen as museum
  | newspaper = The Hindu
  | location = Chennai
  | publisher = The Hindu
  | date = 1 August 2018
  | url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/red-fort-at-madras-medical-college-to-reopen-as-museum/article24567367.ece
  | access-date = 5 August 2018}}</ref>
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|[[File:Chennai (6708360121).jpg|150px]]
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|[[Egmore Eye Hospital]]
|[[Egmore Court Complex]]
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|1819
|1916
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|[[Egmore]]
|[[Egmore]]
|Indo-Saracenic style of architecture. Spread over 8,640 square feet, it housed the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, three additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate courts and 10 magistrate and fast track courts. Restored in 2018 at a cost of {{INR}} 48 million. The same year, a new 6-storied 71,200-square-feet building, with 12 court halls, was constructed at the premises as additional court complex.<ref>{{Cite news | last = Lakshmi | first = K. | title = New court complex in Egmore will be ready by month-end | newspaper = The Hindu | location = Chennai | date = 2 March 2018 | url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/new-court-complex-in-egmore-will-be-ready-by-month-end/article22912363.ece | access-date = 19 August 2018}}</ref>
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|[[College of Engineering, Guindy|College of Engineering]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|1920<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/survivors-of-time-college-of-engineering-guindy/article2671458.ece | title= Survivors of time – College of Engineering (Guindy) | date=29 November 2011 | first=Anusha | last=Parthasarathy | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=28 July 2018 }}</ref>
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|[[Guindy]]
|Designed by consulting architect W. H. Nicholls and later by chief engineer F. J. Wilson.<ref name="cmdachennai.gov.in">http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/pdfs/seminar_heritage_buildings/History_of_Historical_Monuments_in_and_around_Chennai.pdf</ref>
|[[File:CEG main building with leaf.JPG|150px]]
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|44.
|[[Egmore Court Complex]]
|[[Southern Railway headquarters, Chennai|Southern Railway headquarters]]
|[[Indo-Saracenic]]
|1921
|N. Grayson
|[[Park Town, Chennai|Park Town]]
|Originally built as the new [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]] Company (MSMR) headquarters (successor of Madras Railway Company), replacing the general office of MSMR at [[Royapuram Railway Station]]. Built for the first time in India in reinforced concrete in classical and Dravidian styles.<ref>{{cite web | last = Venkataraman | first = G. |author2=A. Anne Shanthi | title = History of Historical Building and Monuments in and around Chennai | publisher = CMDA Chennai | url = http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/pdfs/seminar_heritage_buildings/History_of_Historical_Monuments_in_and_around_Chennai.pdf | access-date = 10 May 2012}}</ref>
|[[File:Southern Railway HQ.jpg|150px]]
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|[[Suguna Vilasa Sabha]]
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|1916
|1936
|
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|[[Egmore]]
|[[Anna Salai]]
|Indo-Saracenic style of architecture. Spread over 8,640 square feet, it housed the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, three additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate courts and 10 magistrate and fast track courts. Restored in 2018 at a cost of {{INR}} 48 million. The same year, a new 6-storied 71,200-square-feet building, with 12 court halls, was constructed at the premises as additional court complex.<ref>{{Cite news
|Possibly one of the earliest drama theatres with stalwarts like Pammal Sambanda Mudaliar — now called SVS Club.
  | last = Lakshmi
  | first = K.  
  | title = New court complex in Egmore will be ready by month-end
  | newspaper = The Hindu
  | location = Chennai
  | publisher = The Hindu
  | date = 2 March 2018
  | url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/new-court-complex-in-egmore-will-be-ready-by-month-end/article22912363.ece
  | access-date = 19 August 2018}}</ref>
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|46.
|[[Bharathi Illam]]
|[[Bharathi Illam]]
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