| General information | |
|---|---|
| Architectural style | Indo-Saracenic |
| Address | Rajaji Salai, Parry's Corner |
| Town or city | Chennai |
| Country | India |
| Coordinates | 13°5′34″N 80°17′28″ECoordinates: 13°5′34″N 80°17′28″E |
| Construction started | 1874 |
| Inaugurated | 1884 |
| Cost |  680,000 |
| Height | 125 feet (38 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Other dimensions | 352 feet (107 m) long, 162 feet (49 m) broad |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Floor area | 55,000 square feet (5,100 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Client | General Post Office |
| Architect | Robert Chisholm |
The Chennai GPO building can be described as a red-painted Victorian County-Colonial or Victorian Gothic-Colonial overlay on Indo-Saracenic design. It is a three-storied building, 352 ft long and 162 ft wide, with 125-ft tall twin towers.
The twin towers, when built, sported the Kerala roof-influenced "caps" atop as favoured by Chisholm, influenced by his building assignments in Travancore. However, a storm in the mid-20th century removed these crowns.
Besides a high-ceilinged central hall, the ground floor provided space for stores, kitchen, servants, and so on. The first floor was used for offices and the second floor served as accommodation for officers. The building also had a unique exhaust facility meant to absorb the stink from the open drainage.
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