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One of the older roads in Bangkok, Surawongse Road was built in 1897 by the excavation of a canal which has since been covered for road expansion. Named after Chao Phraya Surawongse Wattanasak, Surawongse Road was a popular residential area in early Bangkok. Jennie Neilson was President of Bangkok Library Association from 1914 till 1920 when she died of cholera. Dr Heyward Hays commissioned Mario Tamagno, an Italian architect, to design a building in memory of his wife Jennie. Tamagno, like Annibale Rigotti, hailed from Turin the city renowned for its School of Architecture. The Italian duo was responsible for the Ananda Samakhom Throne Hall in 1907. The other Bangkok landmarks by Tamagno are
The new building for the library in Surawongse Road was opened on 26 June 1922 and named the Neilson Hays Library. What piece of Italian architecture would be complete without the characteristic dome? Tamagno designed a rotunda as the grand entrance to the main building. This entrance is no longer in use and the rotunda serves as a gallery for art exhibitions today. The stone inscription in memory of Jennie Neilson Hayes high up on the wall of the Rotunda Gallery is flanked by old photos of Jennie and Dr T Heyward Hays. Originally set up to cater for the recreational reading of the foreign community in Bangkok, today the Neilson Hays Library caters to a substantial local reading population, particularly children.
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