Watervale House, Former Gordon Hard Camp
The Watervale House was built as a private residence around 1933. The land was granted to its first owner Mr. Octavius Arthur Smith by lot exchange on 12 June 1933, and the property was acquired by Feng Rui (1899-1936), a prominent public figure and agriculture specialist, in 1935. The ownership was later transferred to a merchant Hsieh Kuo-chu.
No. 23 Coombe Road
No. 23 Coombe Road was built in 1887 as a private residential house. Mr. John Joseph Francis (J.J. Francis) (1839-1901), was the first owner of the building. He was prominent in civic affairs in a number of aspects, in particular his efforts in investigating the issue of mui-tsai and in drawing up the constitution for a Chinese association to offer protection of women and children, which had leaded to the subsequent establishment of Po Leung Kuk.