# National Warehouse of Silk

> National Warehouse of Silk (LSJZ1-32) is a declared historic building of Hangzhou, listed in 2004. Built in 1951. Chinese name: 国家厂丝储备仓库.

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Updated: 2026-10-30

**National Warehouse of Silk** (国家厂丝储备仓库) is a former shop or works building in Hangzhou, China, built in 1951. The city declared it a protected historic building on 24 May 2004, as number LSJZ1-32 in the first batch of 75.

## What the listing says

![National Warehouse of Silk](https://hangzhoumemory.org/photos/lsjz1-32.webp)

*National Warehouse of Silk (国家厂丝储备仓库). Photo: Laohangzhou, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1-32_National_Warehouse_of_Silk.jpg).*

The city's description, as summarised on English Wikipedia: Constructed in 1951, these four three-story wood and brick-clad buildings are in plain-brick style.

## Key facts

**National Warehouse of Silk at a glance**

| Fact | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| List number | LSJZ1-32 |
| Chinese name | 国家厂丝储备仓库 |
| Batch | [First batch](/first-batch), announced 24 May 2004 |
| Built | 1951 |
| Listed address | 大兜路170号 |
| Type | [Shops and factories](/shops-and-factories) |

## Where it fits

Hangzhou's 2013 regulations name workshops, shops, factories and warehouses that represent the history of industry as one of the grounds for listing a building. The list includes old-established shops of the Qing and Republican eras around Zhongshan Road and Hefang Street, the transfer firms of Xixing on the canal, and factories and warehouses built between the 1950s and the 1980s. [All the shops and factories on the list](/shops-and-factories).

It belongs to the [first batch](/first-batch), announced on 24 May 2004: 75 buildings, from Republican-era villas around West Lake to lane houses, temples and churches in the old city.

## What the listing protects

A listed building may not be altered, moved or demolished without approval. Under the [regulations in force since 1 October 2013](/protection-regulations), each listed building has a protection plan and a sign put up by the city, and falls into one of three protection categories, from keeping its main exterior features to keeping its exterior, plan, structure and details.

Its owner, or for a state-owned building its user, is responsible for upkeep and repairs, and a repair plan must be approved first. The listing does not open a building to the public: most listed buildings are still homes, offices, schools or shops.

## Next to it on the list

- [The Buildings of Hangzhou Normal College for Preschool Education](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/杭州幼儿师范学院建筑群): LSJZ1-31, 1953
- [Sichengtang Church](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/思澄堂): LSJZ1-33, between 1911 and 1949

## Sources and licence

- Description: adapted from the English Wikipedia article [List of first batch of declared historic buildings in Hangzhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_batch_of_declared_historic_buildings_in_Hangzhou), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- Chinese name, period, address and remarks: Chinese Wikipedia, [杭州市历史建筑](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/杭州市历史建筑), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Listing: Hangzhou municipal government notice 杭政办函〔2004〕154号 of 24 May 2004.
- Photo: Laohangzhou, [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), from [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1-32_National_Warehouse_of_Silk.jpg). Photos credited to "hangzhoumemory" or "Laohangzhou" were uploaded by the former heritage portal; Hangzhou Memory is not connected with it.
- The text of this page is available under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

## Frequently asked questions

### Where is National Warehouse of Silk?

The city's list gives its address as 大兜路170号, Hangzhou. Chinese map apps and taxi drivers will recognise the address in Chinese.

### When was National Warehouse of Silk declared a historic building?

On 24 May 2004, as number LSJZ1-32 in the first batch of 75 historic buildings announced by the Hangzhou municipal government (杭政办函〔2004〕154号).

### What does LSJZ1-32 mean?

It is the building's number on the city's list. LSJZ abbreviates *lishi jianzhu*, "historic building"; 1 is the batch and 32 its place in that batch.