Picture by marhas
The most amazing experience in Lampang you get by walking along Talad Kao Road ถนนตลาดเก่า, also called Kad Kong Ta กาดกองต้า ("the market on the road by the port") or Talad Chin (Chinese market). It leads along Wang River between Ratchadapisek Bridge and the Riverside Guest House. In the 19th century this area with its historic buildings was formed by Thai, Chinese, Burmese and British merchants. It was the centre of the northern teak trade. Large trading companies, like the Bombay Burmah, British Borneo, and East Asiatic, placed employees in Lampang to operate teak concessions. Burmese merchants built large, ornate teak shophouses. Chinese merchants constructed double-storied brick and concrete shophouses, with plaster walls, wooden shutters and stucco ornamentation. Their old houses are filled with new life today: gift shops, cafes and guest houses. Every Saturday from 6.30 it turns to a Walking Street with local and handmade products, antique objects as well as souvenirs, local food and clothes. Musicians are playing traditional Thai music.
Maung Ngae Zin House: Maung Ngae Zin was the son of Suay At, the first Burmese headman of a logging company in Lampang, an ancestor of the Suwanna-at family who made their fortunes from trading wood. The house was first turned into a grocery shop, then a bar and guesthouse for tourists, and finally into a coffee house, writes Bangkok Post.
Moung Ngwe Zin Building Picture by marhas
Picture by marhas
Walking street Picture by fredalix - อาลิกส์'s
Picture by marhas
Baan Janviroj, built in 1918 decorated with Western style stucco, Western style stained glass over jalousie windows:
OYO 554 Old Town Boutique Hostel Picture by marhas
OYO 554 Old Town Boutique Hostel Picture by marhas
Lampang Arts Center:
Picture by marhas
Yai Dang's shophouse: Yai Dang was a Chinese merchant. Read about her adventorous life and the trade in Lampang on sanuksanuk.wordpress.com.
Herbal pharmacy: A shophouse row with a herbal pharmacy at its end:
Kanchawong building: This house belonged to Bua Phad Kanchanawong, a merchant from Burma. The gingerbread carved building was first built by workers from Mandalay to be a tailor shop on the ground floor with a living space on the upper floor. See Bangkok Post.
Ban Sao Nak: The name means "the house with many stilts". Built in 1895 by Maung Chan Ong, the Burmese ancestor of the Chandraviroj family, the teak house has 116 stilts and consists of a mix of Lanna and Myanmar styles. It has been turned into a museum.
Let you introduce to Lampang by Living Spree's chapter "Laid back in Lampang".
Have a look at Mars-Moon Art Shop on Talad Kao Road.
Read more:
The Teak Business in Siam 1880s–1932
Burmese Influenced Architecture in Lampang Municipal District Area
Lampang's historic wealth can be seen in its wonderful architecture
