Ice House was built by Ice King Frederic Tudor in Madras facing the Bay of Bengal in 1842 as part of his ice business. Around 1880, the business collapsed and the building was sold to Biligiri Iyengar of Madras. He remodelled the house, renamed it Castle Kernan and used it as a residence. The Government of Tamil Nadu named the Ice House as "Vivekanandar Illam", during 1963, the Centenary year of Swami Vivekananda. This was in remembrance of Swami Vivekananda's brief sojourn here in 1897 when he delivered seven historic lectures at Chennai. #besurprised #Historytoday #Chennai #Madras #History #IceHouse
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