List of historic buildings in Shanghai
This List of historic buildings in Shanghai seeks to show all the significant historic buildings in Shanghai, many of which are located on The Bund, while others are located in former Shanghai International Settlement, or French Concession.
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Pre-19th century
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jing'an Temple | 1216 | Unknown | Buddhist |
Nineteenth century
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consulate General of the United Kingdom - 33 Zhongshan Lu | 1847, 1873 | Later used as home of the Shanghai Municipal Government | ||
| Astor House Hotel (Pujiang Hotel) 15 Huangpu Rd, Hongkou District |
1858, 1911 | Davies & Thomas Annex: Atkinson & Dallas |
neo-classic Baroque | |
| Russell & Co. Building - # 9 the Bund | 1881 | Romanesque Revival architecture; Victorian Gothic | later Chinese Merchant Bank | |
| Russian Consulate | 1896 | |||
| Medium College Building, Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 1898 |
1900-1910
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russo-Chinese Bank Building, Shanghai - # 15 the Bund | 1901-1902 | Becker & Baedecker (Heinrich Becker) | classic French architecture | former Jiaotong Bank Building and headquarters of the Shanghai Labor Union; now Chinese Foreign Exchange and Trade Center[1] |
| Xujiahui Cathedral | 1905–1910 | William Doyle | neo-Gothic Revival architecture | formerly St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai |
| Hospital of the Shanghai Navigation Company | 1906 | late French Renaissance | now the Bangkok Bank and the Thai Consulate | |
| Commercial Bank of China | 1907 | Romanesque and classical styles | ||
| Waibaidu Bridge | 1906–1907 | Howarth Erskine Limited | camelback truss bridge | |
| China Merchants Bank Building, Shanghai - # 6 the Bund | 1907 | Beaux-Arts | ||
| Bund Observatory/The Meteorological Signal Tower (Gutzlaff Signal Tower) | 1907 | re-located and now a museum on ground level with bar on the tower | ||
| Hongkou Fire Station - Siping Lu | 1910? |
1911-1919
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banque de l'Indochine Building - # 29 The Bund | 1911 | French Baroque | ||
| Dongya Hotel on Nanjing Donglu | 1914 | formerly Wing On Department Store | ||
| Asia Building, Shanghai - # 1 The Bund | 1916 | Baroque and Classical | later home to Shanghai Metallurgical Designing & Research Institute | |
| Union Building, Shanghai - # 4 the Bund | 1916 | Palmer & Turner Architects and Surveyors | Renaissance | |
| Mercantile Bank of India, London and China - # 3 the Bund | 1916-18 | Palmer & Turner Architects and Surveyors | Renaissance | Three on the Bund |
| Asiatic Petroleum Building/McBain Building | 1916 | now the China Pacific Insurance Company
Dupleix Apartments 233 Anfu Rd, Xuhui District 1918 Classical Private residences | ||
| Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library | 1919 | |||
| Yangtze Insurance Building - # 26 The Bund | 1916–1920 | later home to Shanghai Foodstuffs Import and Export; now Agricultural Bank of China |
1920-1929
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yangtze Insurance Building | 1920s | |||
| No.1 Building on the Xingguo Hotel compound | 1920s | formerly a private residence owned by Butterfield & Swire; now part of the Radisson Xinggua Hotel | ||
| Joint Savings and Loan Building | 1920s | László Hudec | ||
| Yokohama Specie Bank Building, Shanghai - # 24 The Bund | 1920s | Palmer & Turner Architects and Surveyors | now Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Textile Administration | |
| Carter Apartments, 50B Feng Xian Road, Jingan district | 1920s | Art Deco | Now home to Am Art Space | |
| Ohel Rachel Synagogue | 1920 | Moorhead & Halse | ||
| St. Theresa Catholic Church (小德勒撒天主教堂 ), 370 Datian Lu | 1920 [2] | Gothic | ||
| North China Daily News Building - # 17 The Bund | 1921 | Baroque towers, Renaissance relief sculpture, classic pillars | Now AIA Company | |
| No. 1 People's Hospital | c1921 | formerly a British hospital (British Military Hospital in Shanghai) | ||
| Glen Line Building - # 2 Beijing Road | 1922 | Renaissance | also home to P & O Bank; later as US Consulate and now Everbright Bank | |
| Union Insurance Building | 1922 | |||
| Jardine Matheson Building - # 27 The Bund | 1922 | neo-Classical | now Shanghai Foreign Trade Building | |
| General Post Office, Shanghai (Sichuan Road Bridge Post Office), 250 North Suzhou Lu | 1922–1924 | Classical | China Chemical Co | |
| No 18 The Bund | 1923 | retail complex - Cartier and Zegna, Bar Rouge | ||
| HSBC Building, Shanghai - # 12 The Bund | 1923 | Palmer & Turner Architects and Surveyors | Shànghai Pudong Development Bank | |
| Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China (Chartered Bank Building) - # 18 the Bund | 1923 | English | ||
| Bank of Taiwan Building - # 16 The Bund | 1924 | Art Deco with Chinese and Japanese influence | now China Merchants Bank | |
| Wukang Lu Building - home to Normandie Apartments, Shanghai (Intersavin Society (I.S.S.) Apartments) | 1924 | Minutti Ledreux and Leonard Architects | Flatiron building | |
| Blackstone Apartments (Shanghai) | 1924 | Baroque | Fuxing Road Apartments | |
| All Saints Church, 425 Fuxing Lu | 1925 | 17th Century Church architecture[3] | ||
| Shanghai Jiao Tong University Gymnasium | 1925 | |||
| Nissin Building - # 5 the Bund | 1925 | |||
| Nishin Navigation Company | 1925 | now Huaxia Bank | ||
| Cercle Sportif Français, route du Cardinal Mercier (茂名南路58号) | 1926 | Leonard and Veysseyre | Now as entrance to Okura Hotel [4] | |
| Hongkou District Yulin Lu (榆林路) garden houses | 1927 | Classical/European [5] | ||
| Customs House, Shanghai - # 13 the Bund | 1927 | Palmer & Turner Architects and Surveyors | Classical | |
| Ohel Moishe Synagogue | 1927 | now the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum | ||
| The Grand Theatre on Nanjing Lu | 1928 | László Hudec | Art Deco | |
| Denis Apartments | 1928 | Art Deco | ||
| British American Tobacco Co. Building - Shahmoon Building (the Capitol Theater) | 1928 | now Shanghai Main Post Office | ||
| Peace Hotel - # 19 (Palace Hotel) and #20 (Sasson House) The Bund | 1929 | Palmer & Turner Architects and Surveyors | Art Deco | |
| Mu'en Church, Xizang Zhonglu | 1929 | László Hudec | Formerly the Moore Memorial Church |
1930-1939
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilanqiao Prison Hospital | 1930s | |||
| Shanghai Library | 1930s | |||
| Shanghai Changning Children's Palace | 1930-1934 | Victorian Gothic | Former Home of Wang Boqun. Previously rented to the British Consulate. | |
| Musee Heude | 1930 | Leonard-Veysseyre | Art Deco | now Institut Pasteur of Shanghai |
| Shanghai Metropole Hotel | 1930 | Palmer and Turner | Baroque | |
| Si Hang Warehouse | 1931 | Art Deco | now memorial to the Defense of Sihang Warehouse in 1937 and retail space.[6] | |
| Hamilton House | 1931 | Palmer and Turner | Art Deco | |
| Lyceum Theatre, home of the Amateur Dramatic Club | 1931 | |||
| Midgets Corner Building, 115 Antinglu. 武康路115号 | 1931 | Leonard and Veysseyre (Alexandre Léonard and Paul Veysseyre) | ||
| Russian Orthodox Mission Church | 1931 | |||
| Dubail Apartments | 1931 | Art Deco | ||
| Stellar International Cineplex, 330 Haining Lu | 1932 | Art Deco | Opened as Ever Bright Cinema and used as Central Propaganda Film Services Office under the Kuomintang government, later became Guoji in 1949 under the Shanghai Literature and Art Department; last renovated 1992 and Stellar International Cineplex since 2009[7] | |
| Embankment House | 1932 | built for the Sassons | ||
| Engineering Building at the Xuhui campus - Jiao Tong University | 1932 | Art Deco | ||
| The Paramount Theatre | 1932 | Yang Ximiao | Art Deco | |
| Cathay Theatre, 870 Huaihai Zhong Lu | 1932 | Art Deco | ||
| The Astrid | 1933 | Art Deco | Built for Wing On of Hong Kong[8] | |
| Paramount Ballroom | 1933 | |||
| Poste de police Mallet | 1933 | Leonard and Veysseyre (Alexandre Léonard and Paul Veysseyre) | ||
| Shanghai Jiao Tong University Administrative Building | 1933 | |||
| Medhurst Apartments | 1934 | Art Deco | ||
| Grosvenor House | 1934 | Palmer and Turner with Algar & Co | Art Deco | now part of the Jin Jiang Hotel |
| Yangtze Hotel, Shanghai | 1934 | Art Deco | Currently trading as the Yangtze Boutique Hotel | |
| Chung Wai Bank Zhonghui Dalou, 16 Henan Nanlu 河南南路16号 | 1934 | Leonard, Veysseyre, Kruze (Alexandre Léonard and Paul Veysseyre) | ||
| St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Military Church - rue Comeille | 1934 | now a restaurant and casino | ||
| Park Hotel | 1934 | László Hudec | ||
| Broadway Mansions - # 20 North Suzhou Road | 1930–1934 | Palmer & Turner Architects and Surveyors | Art Deco, Modern Cubist | |
| She Shan Basilica | 1935 | |||
| Alfred Magy Apartments - West Fuxing Rd | 1936 | Leonard-Veysseyre & Kruze Architects[9] | Art Moderne | |
| Old Bank of China Building, Shanghai - # 23 The Bund | 1937 | Palmer & Turner Architects and Surveyors with Lu Qianshou | Art Deco, Chicago and Chinese influences | |
| Rong Home (King of Cotton), south of Amyron on Cohen Road (Gao An Lu 高安路18弄20号) | 1930s | Leonard-Veysseyre | ||
| Eddingburg House 195 Changde Lu (常德路195号(常德公寓)) | 1939-1941 | Leonard and Veysseyre (Alexandre Léonard and Paul Veysseyre) |
1940-1949
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Majestic Theatre, Shanghai, 66 Jiangning Lu | 1941 | Art Deco | ||
| Amyron résidence pour artistes, 14 route Cohen (now Gao'an lu) | 1941 | Leonard Architects (Alexandre Léonard and Paul Veysseyre) | ||
| Wheelock and Co Sichuan Mansion - East Yan'An Rd | 1943 | Art Deco | ||
| China Bank of Communications Building - # 14 The Bund | 1949 | modernistic/Art Deco | now Bank of Shanghai/Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions |
Dates unknown
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese Buddhist Temple | Japanese |
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.chinese-architecture.info/BUND/SH-BU-010.htm
- ↑ http://shanghai-today.com/attractiondetails/print.asp?302008101013
- ↑ http://shanghai.cultural-china.com/html/Travel/Religious-Buildings/Christianism/200811/16-1597.html
- ↑ http://www.le-mystere-leonard.com/article-11882369.html
- ↑ http://shanghaistreetstories.com/?tag=house
- ↑ http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=29177
- ↑ http://www.timeoutshanghai.com/features/Books__Film-Film_features/3376/The-best-Art-Deco-cinemas.html
- ↑ http://shanghaistreetstories.com/?p=3723
- ↑ http://www.le-mystere-leonard.com/article-4724671.html
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