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, once
housed a great man who created history! It was here that
the epoch-making "Canton Uprising" of the 1911 Chinese
Revolution was strategized. Their struggle sowed the seed
of discord which signaled the end of the imperial rule in
China and gave birth to the republic of China, with Dr. Sun
Yat 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 history
that has taken place.
This building spots a humble "prewar" look, with steel pull
gratings on the doors,high wooden ceilings and the classical
air well in the center of the house. Take notice of the natural
cooling system the house uses- as water comes down from
the airwell in to the drains, water seeps through the brick wall
(which was made from sea shells and sand) allowing the
moisture to transpire out from the walls, giving it the cooling
effect.
An air-well in the middle of the building gives a cooling effect within throughout the day.
He lived in Penang for a brief period in 1910.This house in
Lebuh Armenian was not his residence but his headquarters
for his political party.

A must-see for all historians and tourists.