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

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