# OUB Chambers

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thumb|The building in 1930
'''OUB Chambers''', initially known as '''Meyer Chambers''', was a building on the corner of [Malacca Street](/source/Malacca_Street) and [Raffles Place](/source/Raffles_Place). Built in 1930, the building served as the head offices of the [Overseas Union Bank](/source/Overseas_Union_Bank_Limited), [Overseas Union Insurance](/source/Overseas_Union_Insurance) and the [Overseas Assurance Corporation](/source/Great_Eastern_General_Insurance).

==History==
The building was officially opened on 1 December 1930.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 29 May 1929|title= MEYER CHAMBERS AS THEY WILL BE.|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepresswk19290529-1.2.59|work= [The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)](/source/The_Singapore_Free_Press)|location= Singapore|access-date= 29 September 2023}}</ref> [Swan & Maclaren](/source/Swan_%26_Maclaren_Architects) were the building's architects while [United Engineers Limited](/source/United_Engineers_Limited) were the building's general contractors.<ref name = "Straits Times">{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 1 December 1930|title= MEYER CHAMBERS COMPLETED.|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19301201-1.2.146|work= [The Straits Times](/source/The_Straits_Times)|location= Singapore|access-date= 29 September 2023}}</ref> The building was owned by prominent businessman [Isaac Manasseh Meyer](/source/Isaac_Manasseh_Meyer).<ref name = "New Nation"/>

The [Overseas Union Bank](/source/Overseas_Union_Bank_Limited) opened in the building on 5 February 1949.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 4 February 1949|title= New Singapore Bank To Open|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19490204-1.2.34|work= The Malaya Tribune|location= Singapore|access-date= 29 September 2023}}</ref> This made the Overseas Union Bank the first local bank at [Raffles Place](/source/Raffles_Place).<ref>{{cite book | url= | title=An Introduction to the Culture and History of the Teochews in Singapore | isbn=9789813239371 | last1=Tan | first1=Charlene Gia Lim | date=26 July 2018 |page= 63| publisher=World Scientific }}</ref> From March 1957 to 1968, the building also served as the head offices of the [Overseas Union Insurance Limited](/source/Overseas_Union_Insurance). The building also housed the head offices of the [Overseas Assurance Corporation](/source/Great_Eastern_General_Insurance).<ref name = "BookSG"/> The building was put up for sale in 1974 by Meyers' wife, [Sally Isaac Meyer](/source/Sally_Isaac_Meyer).<ref name = "New Nation">{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 15 May 1974|title= $7.8 mil to be paid for Meyer Chambers|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newnation19740515-1.2.3|work= New Nation|location= Singapore|access-date= 29 September 2023}}</ref>

The building was demolished in 1979 to make way for [One Raffles Place](/source/One_Raffles_Place). The Overseas Union Bank's headquarters were temporarily moved to 60 Robinson Road.<ref name = "BookSG">{{cite web |url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/image.aspx?id=4eb7290e-40db-46d9-9b7f-c98e42c63b78|title= Overseas Union Bank at Raffles Place|author= <!--not stated-->|date= |website= BookSG|publisher= [National Library Board](/source/National_Library_Board)|access-date= 29 September 2023|quote=}}</ref>

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