Yokohama Specie Bank Building

The old Yokohama Specie Bank Building was completed in 1924.

The Yokohama Specie Bank Building is a seven-story building in The Bund, Shanghai. It is now a branch of the Shanghai Textile Holding Corporation.

The building was designed by architects at P & T Architects & Engineers Ltd. The building was built on the site of David Sassoon's 1845 building. The Japanese bank purchased the site in 1920, began construction of the current building in 1923, and completed construction in 1924. After World War II the Chinese government confiscated the bank's assets, and the building became the headquarters of the Shanghai Textile Industry Bureau.^[1]

References

↑ Shea 2012

Bibliography

Shea, Marilyn. "The Bund - Picture Guide to Historic Buildings". The University of Maine. 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2012.

External links

Buildings of the Bund

The Bund
Waibaidu Bridge Asia Building Shanghai Club Union Building Nissin Building China Merchants Bank Building Telegraph Building Russel & Co. Building HSBC Building Customs House Bank of Communications Building Russo-Chinese Bank Building Bank of Taiwan Building North China Daily News Building Chartered Bank Building Palace Hotel Sassoon House Bank of China Building Yokohama Specie Bank Building Yangtze Building Jardine Matheson Building Glen Line Building Banque de l'Indochine Building Consulate-General of the United Kingdom Broadway Mansions Bund Observatory

Coordinates: 31°14′27″N 121°29′05″E / 31.2408°N 121.4847°E / 31.2408; 121.4847

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