List of historic buildings in Shanghai

This List of historic buildings in Shanghai seeks to iterate 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		classic French architecture
Xujiahui Cathedral	1905–1910	William Doyle	neo-Gothic Revival architecture	formerly St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai
Hospital of the Shànghai 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
China Merchants Bank Building, Shanghai - # 6 the Bund	1907
Bund Observatory/The Meteorological Signal Tower	1907			re-located and now a museum
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
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 Raddison 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
North China Daily News Building - # 17 The Bund	1921		Baroque towers, Renaissance relief sculpture, classic pillars	Now AIA Company
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	1922–1924		Classical
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
Normandie Apartments (Intersavin Society (I.S.S.) Apartments)	1924
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Gymnasium	1925
Nissin Building - # 5 the Bund	1925
Nishin Navigation Company	1925			now Huaxia Bank
Customs House, Shanghai - # 13 the Bund	1927	Palmer & Turner Architects and Surveyors	Classical
The Grand Theatre on Nanjing Lu	1928	László Hudec	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 (Baptised with Mercy or Abounding Grace Church) Church, Xizang Zhonglu	1929			Formerly a Methodist church

1930-1939

Building	Year Completed	Builder	Style	Notes
Tilanqiao Prison Hospital	1930s
Shanghai Library	1930s
Shanghai Metropole Hotel	1930	Palmer and Turner	Baroque
Hamilton House	1931	Palmer and Turner	Art Deco
Lyceum Theatre, home of the Amateur Dramatic Club	1931
Russian Orthodox Mission Church	1931
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
Paramount Ballroom	1933
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Administrative Building	1933
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
home of Wang Boqun	1930–1934		Victorian Gothic	now Changning Children's Palace
She Shan Basilica	1935
Old Bank of China Building, Shanghai - # 23 The Bund	1937	Palmer & Turner Architects and Surveyors with Lu Qianshou	Art Deco, Chicago and Chinese influences

1940-1949

Building	Year Completed	Builder	Style	Notes
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
Jiaotong Bank Building				Headquarter of the Shanghai Labor Union
Majestic Theatre			Art Deco
Carter Apartments			Art Deco
Japanese Buddhist Temple			Japanese
Hongkou District townhouses
St. Theresa Catholic Church
Alfred Magy Apartments - West Fuxing Rd
Flatiron building - Shanghai
Medhurst Apartments		Art Deco
Denis Apartments			Art Deco
All Saints Church
Dubail Apartments			Art Deco
Musee Heude			Art Deco	now Institut Pasteur of Shanghai
Wheelock and Co			Art Deco
Sihang Warehouse			Art Deco
Grosvenor House			Art Deco	now part of the Jin Jiang Hotel
The Astrid			Art Deco
German Post Office				now Shanghai General Metals Co
No. 1 People's Hospital				formerly a British hospital (British Military Hospital in Shanghai)
International Cinema - 330 Haining Rd			Art Deco

See also

• The Bund
• Shanghai International Settlement

References

• Shanghai's Historical Western Architecture
• Photos of Shanghai
• The St. Ignatius Cathedral