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The street where the lower-ranking officers used to live
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- Church Cross Street, Galle Fort
This house is on Church Cross Street, where lower-ranking officers lived back in the day. High-ranking Dutch officers lived in Middle Street.
The house
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Back in the day, high-ranking Dutch officers lived in Middle Street, while lower-ranking officers lived on this street. This particular property was originally owned by a burgher family. The current owners' parents bought the house in 1972.
Drawings by
H.H.S. De Silva, T.H.S. Jayawardhana, J.A. Melshan, B.D.S. Silva, H.K.S.R. Halvitige, Y.K. Rathnaweera, S.M.S. Begum