English: 3 Government Place west, popularly known as Treasury Buildings, this palatial building with its magnificent gothic arches and beautiful mansards at each end of the long cloisters running along quadrangles was erected between 1882 and 1884 during the Viceroyalty of Lord Ripon. It was originally meant to accommodate the offices of the Finance Department of the then colonial government of India. A marble plaque embedded on the wall of the building declares that the Marquis of Ripon, the Viceroy and Government General of India and the Hon’ble A.R. Thompson, the then Lieutenant Governor of Bengal were present at the foundation laying ceremony of this building. The Architect was Mr. E. J. Martin and the Executive Engineer was Mr. C.A. Mills who was in charge of the construction under the superintendence of Colonel S.T. Trevor, Chief Engineer and Secretary to Governor of Bengal, Public Works Department.