Since the Colonial times, the way houses were built was completely different from nowadays. At that time, houses were constructed mainly with rocks as the base and wood and some metal as the main structure. The architects of the time somehow managed to impress with the designs and symmetry achieved. With time, evolution brought concrete which of course was much safer, less costly and more durable though less ‘aesthetic’ if it can be said so, and little by little these colonial or creole houses of the french and british colonisation began to disappear, replaced by new. Below is a collection of those remaining old houses which can still be admired today (or probably not, as by the time this gallery is published, some of which must certainly have been pulled down as well). To avoid any misunderstanding, by creole houses, it is meant ‘maison creole’.
Old Mauritius: Houses and Shops frozen in time
Port Louis – Old Creole Colonial House – Courcy Street
Vacoas – Old Colonial Creole House – Speranza – Le Blanc – Moreau Street
Port Louis – Old Colonial House – Remy Ollier Street
Port Louis – Old Merchant Navy Club – Colonial Building (now demolished)
Vacoas – Old Colonial House – Military Detention Camp – SMF Quarters
Port Louis – Old Creole Colonial House – Mere Barthelemy Street
Port Louis – Royal Street – Old Colonial Building
Port Louis – Rue Conde – Old Colonial Creole House
Camp Fouqueraux – Old Colonial Creole House
Port Louis – D’Entrecasteaux Street – Old Colonial Creole House
Vacoas – Club Road – Old Colonial Creole House
Port Louis – Old Creole Colonial House – Orlean Street
Port Louis – Old Creole Colonial House – St Georges Street – Lan Fat Po
Port Louis – Old Creole Colonial House – Motais Street
Port Louis – Old Creole Colonial House – Ternay Street
Port Louis – Old Creole Colonial House – St Francois Xavier Street
Old Port Louis – Conde Street – Colonial Creole House – Mauritius
Vacoas – Phoenix – Old Creole Colonial House – Remy Ollier Street
Port Louis – Old Creole Colonial House – Conde Street
Beau Bassin Old Creole Colonial House
Beau Bassin – Old Creole Colonial House – Shand Street
Old Mauritius House – Plaine Verte – Ails Dores Street
Quatre Bornes – Mauritius – Old Colonial Creole House
Port Louis – Old Colonial Creole House – Ingenieur Street – Soobratty family
Port Louis – D’Entrecasteaux Street – Old Colonial Creole House
Port Louis – Etienne Pelereau – Old Colonial House
Port Louis – Old Creole House – Mere Barthelemy Street
Port Louis – Mauritius – Old Colonial House – Couvent Montagne Chapelle – Tank Wen Street
Port Louis – Eglise Street – Old Creole Colonial House
Pamplemousses – Old Colonial Creole House
All images are © Jean Francois Guimbeau
Shared by: Johann Wiehe
All images were scanned from printed pictures.
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