# The Former Site of Xianzhang Silk Store

> The Former Site of Xianzhang Silk Store (LSJZ3-27) is a declared historic building of Hangzhou, listed in 2007. Built in the 1920s.

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Updated: 2026-10-30

**The Former Site of Xianzhang Silk Store** (咸章绸庄旧址) is a former shop or works building in Hangzhou, China, built in the 1920s. The city declared it a protected historic building on 6 March 2007, as number LSJZ3-27 in the third batch of 70.

## What the listing says

![The Former Site of Xianzhang Silk Store](https://hangzhoumemory.org/photos/lsjz3-27.webp)

*The Former Site of Xianzhang Silk Store (咸章绸庄旧址). Photo: 猫猫的日记本, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Site_of_Xianzhang_Silk_Store_01_2017-11.jpg).*

The city's description, as summarised on English Wikipedia: Constructed in the 1920s, this hybrid Western-style commercial building reflects the evolution of contemporary architecture.

## Key facts

**The Former Site of Xianzhang Silk Store at a glance**

| Fact | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| List number | LSJZ3-27 |
| Chinese name | 咸章绸庄旧址 |
| Batch | [Third batch](/third-batch), announced 6 March 2007 |
| Built | 1920s |
| Listed address | 中山中路86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 [third batch](/third-batch), announced on 6 March 2007: 70 buildings, including stone-gate lanes east of West Lake, Republican-era shops, and the canal-side houses and transfer firms of Xixing and Changhe.

## 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.

## On the same street

- [The Old Site of Jiuzhizhai](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/九芝斋旧址): LSJZ1-64, between 1911 and 1949
- [The Former Site of Shengchang Department Store](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/生昌百货店旧址-2): LSJZ3-26, 1920s
- [The Former Site of Wuzhou Drugstore](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/古城佳话-历史建筑-五洲药店旧址): LSJZ3-28, 1920s
- [Buildings at 168–4, and 170, Zhongshan Zhong Road](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/中山中路168-4、170号建筑-2): LSJZ3-29, 1920s
- [The Former Site of Huade Drugstore](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/古城佳话-历史建筑-华德药房旧址): LSJZ3-30, 1920s
- [Building at 229, Zhongshan Zhong Road](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/古城佳话-历史建筑-中山中路229号建筑): LSJZ3-31, 1920s
- [Building at 337, Zhongshan Road (M)](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/古城佳话-历史建筑-中山中路337号建筑): LSJZ4-11, between 1911 and 1949
- [Building at 11, Zhongshan Road (M)](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/古城佳话-历史建筑-中山中路11号建筑): LSJZ4-12, early 20th century

## Sources and licence

- Description: adapted from the English Wikipedia article [List of third batch of declared historic buildings in Hangzhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_third_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 杭政函〔2007〕51号 of 6 March 2007.
- 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:Site_of_Xianzhang_Silk_Store_01_2017-11.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 Former Site of Xianzhang Silk Store?

The city's list gives its address as 中山中路86号, Hangzhou. Chinese map apps and taxi drivers will recognise the address in Chinese.

### When was The Former Site of Xianzhang Silk Store declared a historic building?

On 6 March 2007, as number LSJZ3-27 in the third batch of 70 historic buildings announced by the Hangzhou municipal government (杭政函〔2007〕51号).

### What does LSJZ3-27 mean?

It is the building's number on the city's list. LSJZ abbreviates *lishi jianzhu*, "historic building"; 3 is the batch and 27 its place in that batch.