The house that changed a nation :

Dr. Sun Yat Sen's Penang base at 120 Armenian Street.

Who would have thought that this pre-war old building,tucked away in the backstreet of Lebuh Armenian, oncehoused a great man who created history! It was here thatthe epoch-making "Canton Uprising" of the 1911 ChineseRevolution was strategized. Their struggle sowed the seedof discord which signaled the end of the imperial rule inChina and gave birth to the republic of China, with Dr. SunYat Sen (1866-1925) as the President.One year before the China Republican Revolution of 1911,Dr Sun Yat Sen moved his headquarters to Penang. Here,at 120 Armenian Street was where he organized the Penang Conference and planned the Second Guangzhou Uprising.The interior of the building gives one a feeling of historythat has taken place.

This building spots a humble "prewar" look, with steel pull gratings on the doors,high wooden ceilings and the classicalair well in the center of the house. Take notice of the naturalcooling system the house uses- as water comes down fromthe airwell in to the drains, water seeps through the brick wall(which was made from sea shells and sand) allowing themoisture to transpire out from the walls, giving it the cooling effect.