{
  "sight": {
    "id": "Q107804082",
    "slug": "middle-road-church",
    "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/middle-road-church",
    "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107804082",
    "name": "Middle Road Church",
    "name_source": "Wikidata",
    "name_ko": "미들 로드 교회",
    "name_ja": null,
    "name_zh_hans": null,
    "name_zh_hant": null,
    "category": "church",
    "heritage": "Historic Site",
    "planning_area": "Rochor",
    "address": "155 Middle Road, Singapore 188977",
    "lat": 1.299711,
    "lng": 103.852199,
    "position_source": "NHB",
    "official_url": null,
    "nearest_station": {
      "slug": "bencoolen",
      "name": "Bencoolen Station",
      "name_ja": "ベンクーレン",
      "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/station/bencoolen",
      "straight_line_m": 253
    },
    "description_en": "Built between 1870-75, the Middle Road Church was first known as the Christian Institute. When it was officially inaugurated as the Malay Church in 1894, it became the first Straits Chinese Methodist Church in Singapore.",
    "description_ko": "1870년부터 1875년 사이에 지어진 미들 로드 교회는 처음에 크리스천 인스티튜트로 불렸어요. 1894년 말레이 교회로 공식 출범하면서 싱가포르 최초의 해협 화인(Straits Chinese) 감리교회가 되었어요.",
    "description_ja": "1870年から1875年にかけて建てられたMiddle Road Churchは、当初クリスチャン・インスティテュートと呼ばれていました。1894年にマレー教会として正式に発足した際、シンガポール初の海峡華人のメソジスト教会となりました。",
    "description_zh_hans": "Middle Road Church建于1870年至1875年间，最初称为Christian Institute。1894年以马来教堂之名正式启用时，它成为新加坡第一座海峡华人卫理公会教堂。",
    "description_zh_hant": "Middle Road Church建於1870年至1875年間，最初稱為Christian Institute。1894年以馬來教堂之名正式啟用時，它成為新加坡第一座海峽華人衛理公會教堂。",
    "sources": [
      "National Heritage Board, Historic Sites (SODL v1.0)",
      "Wikidata (CC0)"
    ],
    "photo": {
      "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/img/sights/middle-road-church.webp",
      "thumb": "https://dealsingapore.com/img/sights/middle-road-church-sm.webp",
      "credit": {
        "licence": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
        "licenceUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0",
        "artist": "Jacklee",
        "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Chapel,_Sculpture_Square,_Singapore_-_20101020-06.JPG",
        "width": 3872,
        "height": 2592,
        "photo": true
      }
    },
    "nearest_exit": {
      "station": "bencoolen",
      "exit": "A",
      "straight_line_m": 161
    },
    "areas": [
      {
        "slug": "bugis",
        "name": "Bugis",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/areas/bugis",
        "straight_line_m": 648
      }
    ],
    "nearby_sights": [
      {
        "id": "Q7075069",
        "slug": "objectifs",
        "name": "Objectifs",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/objectifs",
        "category": "museum",
        "straight_line_m": 40
      },
      {
        "id": "Q7585871",
        "slug": "sri-krishnan-temple",
        "name": "Sri Krishnan Temple",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/sri-krishnan-temple",
        "category": "temple",
        "straight_line_m": 116
      },
      {
        "id": "Q5164818",
        "slug": "kwan-im-thong-hood-cho-temple",
        "name": "Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/kwan-im-thong-hood-cho-temple",
        "category": "temple",
        "straight_line_m": 145
      },
      {
        "id": "Q2575658",
        "slug": "st-josephs-church",
        "name": "St Joseph's Church",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/st-josephs-church",
        "category": "church",
        "straight_line_m": 184
      },
      {
        "id": "nhb-87206b1c",
        "slug": "central-sikh-temple-historic-site",
        "name": "Central Sikh Temple (historic site)",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/central-sikh-temple-historic-site",
        "category": "temple",
        "straight_line_m": 194
      },
      {
        "id": "Q2927720",
        "slug": "bugis",
        "name": "Bugis+",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/bugis",
        "category": "shopping-district",
        "straight_line_m": 200
      }
    ]
  },
  "source": {
    "nhb": "Monuments (GEOJSON) d_b29c230ec6b609e29ed42f71ca9a8767 and Historic Sites (GEOJSON) d_31e16b12809e66673e90d8b04fdee1b2, National Heritage Board, data.gov.sg, accessed 30 September 2026, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0: names, points, addresses, descriptions.",
    "wikidata": "Wikidata (CC0), read 1 October 2026: names in en, ja, ko, zh, type, official website, image file names (each Commons file carries its own licence).",
    "selection": "English Wikivoyage Singapore guides, revisions of 1 October 2026: which places are listed under See and Do (selection only; no text used).",
    "planning_areas": "Master Plan 2025 Planning Area Boundary (No Sea) d_2cc750190544007400b2cfd5d7f53209, Urban Redevelopment Authority, data.gov.sg, accessed 1 October 2026, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0: the planning area each sight is in.",
    "note": "English names are the National Heritage Board's for the places it lists (name_source: NHB), otherwise Wikidata labels. Korean, Japanese and Chinese names are Wikidata labels or Wikipedia article titles where present. NHB fields keep the Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0; no terms are added to them."
  },
  "not_published": {
    "opening_hours": "No source we use carries them. The official_url is where they are.",
    "walking_time": "Every distance here is a straight line, not a walking route."
  },
  "_meta": {
    "api_version": "1",
    "site": "https://dealsingapore.com",
    "generated_at": "2026-10-01",
    "license": "NHB fields: Monuments and Historic Sites, National Heritage Board via data.gov.sg, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, modified (merged, matched to Wikidata). Names and categories: Wikidata (CC0) or NHB. Planning areas: URA Master Plan 2025, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0. Attribute dealsingapore.com and the National Heritage Board. See /llms.txt and /terms.",
    "docs": "https://dealsingapore.com/llms.txt"
  }
}