Soon Mansion ( Soon
Cheng Sai Bros )
Soon
Mansion is located along Jalan Padang Serai
(Route K136)
in Lunas town, Kedah. It is about 100 metres from
the traffic junction to Jalan Lunas (also Route K136)
and opposite across the road is the old post office.
Address :
58 , Jalan Padang
Serai,
Lunas, Kedah Darul Aman.
Malaysia
The
mansion was owned by Soon Ah Lee @ Baba Lee (孫亚厘@ 孙厘), known
as
one of the founder of Lunas town among the three men. The other two men
were Loh Boon Ghee@ Loh Boon Ngee (盧文儀) and
Lim Lean Teng (林连登).
Uniquely, it was
built in 1928
during the British occupation of Malaya and even before the historical
event of Japanese troops captured Malaya in 1945.
This bungalow of Soon
Cheng Sai Bros, with a Chinese architectural design is worth
a visit when passing by the Lunas
town, as being considered as one
of the
most distinguished heritage buildings there.