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Dataset: Historic Sites (GEOJSON)
Data from Mar 2021
Last updated: 12 Nov 2025, 10:07 SGT
Marked Historic Sites are places of historical significance, for e.g., important event or personality are being commemorated at the site to serve as reminders of our history.
It has a blue plaque / heritage marker which consists of a write-up on the history of the site. They are marked by the National Heritage Board. For some of these sites, the building may not be around anymore, as they are not gazetted buildings, unlike national monuments.
Attribute Legend
| Attributes | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OBJECTID_1 | Numeric | - |
| LANDYADDRESSPOINT | Numeric | - |
| LANDXADDRESSPOINT | Numeric | - |
| ADDRESSBLOCKHOUSENUMBER | Numeric | - |
| PHOTOURL | Text | - |
| NAME | Text | - |
| HYPERLINK | Text | - |
| DESCRIPTION | Text | - |
| ADDRESSUNITNUMBER | Numeric | - |
| ADDRESSTYPE | Numeric | - |
| ADDRESSSTREETNAME | Text | - |
| ADDRESSBUILDINGNAME | Text | - |
| ADDRESSPOSTALCODE | Numeric | - |
| ADDRESSFLOORNUMBER | Numeric | - |
| INC_CRC | Text | - |
| FMEL_UPD_D | Numeric | - |
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"name": "HISTORICSITES",
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"ADDRESSBLOCKHOUSENUMBER": "50",
"PHOTOURL": "https://roots.sg/~/media/Roots/Images/historic-sites/068-raffles-girls-school/068rafflesgirlsschool.png",
"NAME": "Raffles Girls' School",
"HYPERLINK": "https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/historic-sites/raffles-girls-school",
"DESCRIPTION": "Raffles Girls’ School began in 1844 as a girls’ department in Singapore Institution (today Raffles Institution), and became independent in 1879. It was located here from 1928 to 1979.",
"ADDRESSUNITNUMBER": null,
"ADDRESSTYPE": null,
"ADDRESSSTREETNAME": "Stamford Road",
"ADDRESSBUILDINGNAME": "Junction of Stamdord Road and Armenian Street, beside Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University",
"ADDRESSPOSTALCODE": "178899",
"ADDRESSFLOORNUMBER": null,
"INC_CRC": "40AEFD2866BC2206",
"FMEL_UPD_D": "20210305144718"
}
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"ADDRESSBLOCKHOUSENUMBER": "37",
"PHOTOURL": "https://roots.sg/~/media/Roots/Images/historic-sites/080-singapore-chinese-girls-school/080singaporechinesegirlsschool.png",
"NAME": "Singapore Chinese Girls' School",
"HYPERLINK": "https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/historic-sites/singapore-chinese-girls-school",
"DESCRIPTION": "Singapore Chinese Girls’ School began in 1899 at Hill Street. It was founded by Straits Chinese pioneers to provide quality education for girls. The school was located here from 1925 to 1994.",
"ADDRESSUNITNUMBER": null,
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"ADDRESSSTREETNAME": "Emerald Hill Road",
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"ADDRESSPOSTALCODE": "229313",
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"PHOTOURL": "https://roots.sg/~/media/Roots/Images/historic-sites/073-sakya-muni-buddha-gaya-temple/073-sakya-muni-buddha-gaya-temple.png",
"NAME": "Sakya Muni Buddha Gaya Temple",
"HYPERLINK": "https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/historic-sites/sakya-muni-buddha-gaya-temple",
"DESCRIPTION": "Vutthisara, a monk from Thailand, founded the temple in 1927. This site is selected as both Indians and Chinese in an area predominantly settled it. It houses a Buddha statue of 15m talls and weighing 300 tonnes.",
"ADDRESSUNITNUMBER": null,
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"ADDRESSSTREETNAME": "Race Course Road",
"ADDRESSBUILDINGNAME": null,
"ADDRESSPOSTALCODE": "218636",
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"PHOTOURL": "https://roots.sg/~/media/Nhb/Images/Places/Historic%20Sites/indian_national_army-76-Indian-National-Army-Memorial.jpg",
"NAME": "Indian National Army Memorial",
"HYPERLINK": "https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/historic-sites/indian-national-army-memorial",
"DESCRIPTION": "The local INA, influenced by Subhas Chandra Bose, was formed in 1942 with Japanese support, with the aim of liberating India from British.",
"ADDRESSUNITNUMBER": null,
"ADDRESSTYPE": null,
"ADDRESSSTREETNAME": null,
"ADDRESSBUILDINGNAME": "Queen Elizabeth Walk Esplanade Park, near Cenotaph",
"ADDRESSPOSTALCODE": null,
"ADDRESSFLOORNUMBER": null,
"INC_CRC": "923BDF01F4BA7FB8",
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"PHOTOURL": "https://roots.sg/~/media/Nhb/Images/Places/Historic%20Sites/queen_elizabeth-77-Queen-Elizabeth-Walk.jpg",
"NAME": "Queen Elizabeth Walk",
"HYPERLINK": "https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/historic-sites/queen-elizabeth-walk",
"DESCRIPTION": "This was the site of sporting activities in the early days and became popular with families. In 1953, as part of the Coronation Celebrations, the seafront promenade was refurbished and renamed Queen Elizabeth Walk.",
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"ADDRESSBUILDINGNAME": "Junction of Promenade Linking Esplanade Theatres and Queen Elizabeth Walk, Esplanade Park",
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"PHOTOURL": "https://roots.sg/~/media/Roots/Images/historic-sites/033-japanese-propaganda-department/033-japanese-propaganda-department.png",
"NAME": "Japanese Propaganda Department",
"HYPERLINK": "https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/historic-sites/japanese-propaganda-department",
"DESCRIPTION": "Formerly housing the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporations before WWII, it was turned into a Japanese propaganda office during the Japanese Occupation. It was later also used by Lord Louis Mountbatten as the headquarters for the Japanese Surrender in 1945.",
"ADDRESSUNITNUMBER": null,
"ADDRESSTYPE": null,
"ADDRESSSTREETNAME": "Handy Road",
"ADDRESSBUILDINGNAME": "Handy Road open space, beside The Cathay",
"ADDRESSPOSTALCODE": "220233",
"ADDRESSFLOORNUMBER": null,
"INC_CRC": "CBA5A905FC5EDEC6",
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"PHOTOURL": "https://roots.sg/~/media/Roots/Images/historic-sites/074-sarimbun-beach-landing/001-sarimbun-beach-landing.png",
"NAME": "Sarimbun Beach Landing",
"HYPERLINK": "https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/historic-sites/sarimbun-beach-landing",
"DESCRIPTION": "On 8 February 1942, Japanese forces first landed in Singapore on this beach.",
"ADDRESSUNITNUMBER": null,
"ADDRESSTYPE": null,
"ADDRESSSTREETNAME": "Jalan Bahtera",
"ADDRESSBUILDINGNAME": "Beside Ministry of Education of Jalan Bahtera Adventure Centre",
"ADDRESSPOSTALCODE": "719920",
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"PHOTOURL": "https://roots.sg/~/media/Roots/Images/historic-sites/045-kranji-beach-battle/002-kranji-beach-battle.png",
"NAME": "Kranji Beach Battle",
"HYPERLINK": "https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/historic-sites/kranji-beach-battle",
"DESCRIPTION": "It was here on 9 February 1942 that the Japanese forces suffered a major loss, fighting against the valiant 27th Australian Brigade and the Dalforce.",
"ADDRESSUNITNUMBER": null,
"ADDRESSTYPE": null,
"ADDRESSSTREETNAME": null,
"ADDRESSBUILDINGNAME": "Kranji Reservoir Park, Kranji Way, near Pavilion area",
"ADDRESSPOSTALCODE": null,
"ADDRESSFLOORNUMBER": null,
"INC_CRC": "1533A56C2046B8C6",
"FMEL_UPD_D": "20210305144718"
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This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation
import requests
dataset_id = "d_31e16b12809e66673e90d8b04fdee1b2"
url = "https://api-open.data.gov.sg/v1/public/api/datasets/" + dataset_id + "/poll-download"
response = requests.get(url)
json_data = response.json()
if json_data['code'] != 0:
print(json_data['errMsg'])
exit(1)
url = json_data['data']['url']
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.text)This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.
26 Dec 2018
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