Dare House - 'P(Parry)' in ABP of Madras Commerce
Facades of Madras
Parry's Corner:
The site even without the tag “corner” is historical. It was here that the French commander Comte De Lally sited his artillery when he besieged Fort St George from 1758-1759. Later a garden house was constructed on the site and it was sold to Nawab Muhammad Ali which passed on to his successors Latour & Co before finally ending up with Thomas Parry. He rebuilt the house in the Palladian style, with godowns on the ground floor and offices on the top floors. The lawyer's block was added to the campus in 1897.
Later the buildings were brought down and a new Art Deco style building was constructed. The building opened in 1940 and the top storeys were leased to the American Consulate, the Madras Chamber of Commerce and the European Association.Even today people know the place as Parry’s Corner, the company as Parry & Co and the building as Dare House, named after his business partner William Dare.
Grade 1 Heritage building | Phase 1- CMDA List
