39 Panam Nagar, Historical building in Panam City, Bangladesh

39 Panam Nagar is a two-storey brick building on the south side of the single street of Panam Nagar, its facade marked by arched openings and plastered detailing. It forms part of a protected archaeological site of 52 buildings strung along a 600-metre road in Sonargaon.

Panam Nagar grew from the early 19th century as a settlement of Hindu cotton-cloth merchants linked to Kolkata, and Building 39 belongs to that trading street. Trade declined after the 1947 partition, when many merchant families left for India. The site is now protected by the Department of Archaeology.

The building displays a mix of Bengali, Mughal, and British design elements, with decorated wooden doors and stone ornaments that show the influence of the merchant class who lived here.

The site is easiest to reach by taking a bus from Dhaka to Mograpara, then a short tuk-tuk ride to the Panam Nagar entrance. Plan your visit during drier months when the paths are more walkable.

Building 39 keeps a nameplate with its street number, one of the few Panam Nagar houses whose number is still legible to passers-by. The numbering runs along the single street, so the house can be located by counting from either end of the row.