# The Building at 12, Rende Alley

> The Building at 12, Rende Alley (LSJZ2-25) is a declared historic building of Hangzhou, listed in 2005. Built in the 1930s.

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Updated: 2026-10-30

**The Building at 12, Rende Alley** (仁德里12号现下城区教育局文教招待所建筑) is a historic building in Hangzhou, China, built in the 1930s. The city declared it a protected historic building on 1 July 2005, as number LSJZ2-25 in the second batch of 47.

## What the listing says

![The Building at 12, Rende Alley](https://hangzhoumemory.org/photos/lsjz2-25.webp)

*The Building at 12, Rende Alley (仁德里12号现下城区教育局文教招待所建筑). Photo: 猫猫的日记本, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Building_at_12,_Rende_Alley_01_2012-11.JPG).*

The city's description, as summarised on English Wikipedia: Constructed between 1911 and 1949, it is a two-story Western style villa with an attic featuring slope- roof. The building has one layer in the width of 10m. Its wall is constructed from greenish bricks.

## Key facts

**The Building at 12, Rende Alley at a glance**

| Fact | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| List number | LSJZ2-25 |
| Chinese name | 仁德里12号现下城区教育局文教招待所建筑 |
| Batch | [Second batch](/second-batch), announced 1 July 2005 |
| Built | 1930s |
| Listed address | 仁德里12号 |

## Where it fits

It belongs to the [second batch](/second-batch), announced on 1 July 2005: 47 buildings, including 1920s lanes, university campuses of the 1950s and 1960s, Hangzhou Gymnasium and the villas of Lingyin and Shengtang roads.

## 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 Building at 1, Jiaochang Road](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/教场路1号建筑): LSJZ2-24, 1930s

## Sources and licence

- Description: adapted from the English Wikipedia article [List of second batch of declared historic buildings in Hangzhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_second_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〔2005〕193号 of 1 July 2005.
- Photo: 猫猫的日记本, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), from [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Building_at_12,_Rende_Alley_01_2012-11.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 The Building at 12, Rende Alley?

The city's list gives its address as 仁德里12号, Hangzhou. Chinese map apps and taxi drivers will recognise the address in Chinese.

### When was The Building at 12, Rende Alley declared a historic building?

On 1 July 2005, as number LSJZ2-25 in the second batch of 47 historic buildings announced by the Hangzhou municipal government (杭政办函〔2005〕193号).

### What does LSJZ2-25 mean?

It is the building's number on the city's list. LSJZ abbreviates *lishi jianzhu*, "historic building"; 2 is the batch and 25 its place in that batch.