List of outstanding historic buildings of 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.

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

References

^ http://www.chinese-architecture.info/BUND/SH-BU-010.htm
^ http://shanghai-today.com/attractiondetails/print.asp?302008101013^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-08. Retrieved 2013-04-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.le-mystere-leonard.com/article-11882369.html^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ 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
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2012-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

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[5] ttp://shanghaistreetstories.com/?tag=house

[6] ttp://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=29177

[7] ttp://www.timeoutshanghai.com/features/Books__Film-Film_features/3376/The-best-Art-Deco-cinemas.html

[8] ttp://shanghaistreetstories.com/?p=3723

[9] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2012-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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