# Buildings at 152, and 154, Hefangjie Street

> Buildings at 152, and 154, Hefangjie Street (LSJZ3-38) is a declared historic building of Hangzhou, listed in 2007. Built in the late 19th century.

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Updated: 2026-10-30

**Buildings at 152, and 154, Hefangjie Street** (河坊街152、154号建筑) is a former shop or works building in Hangzhou, China, built in the late 19th century. The city declared it a protected historic building on 6 March 2007, as number LSJZ3-38 in the third batch of 70.

## What the listing says

![Buildings at 152, and 154, Hefangjie Street](https://hangzhoumemory.org/photos/lsjz3-38.webp)

*Buildings at 152, and 154, Hefangjie Street (河坊街152、154号建筑). Photo: Yumeto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20250715_152_Hefang_Jie.jpg).*

The city's description, as summarised on English Wikipedia: Both of the buildings were constructed in the late 19th century, reflecting the history of decorating traditional commercial buildings with a hybrid Western-style storefront.

## Key facts

**Buildings at 152, and 154, Hefangjie Street at a glance**

| Fact | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| List number | LSJZ3-38 |
| Chinese name | 河坊街152、154号建筑 |
| Batch | [Third batch](/third-batch), announced 6 March 2007 |
| Built | Late 19th century |
| Listed address | 河坊街152、154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 Former Residence of Wu Jingzhai](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/吴敬斋旧居): LSJZ1-66, between 1911 and 1949
- [Building at 397, Hefangjie Street](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/古城佳话-历史建筑-河坊街397号建筑): LSJZ3-39, 1940s

## 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: Yumeto, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), from [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20250715_152_Hefang_Jie.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 Buildings at 152, and 154, Hefangjie Street?

The city's list gives its address as 河坊街152、154号, Hangzhou. Chinese map apps and taxi drivers will recognise the address in Chinese.

### When was Buildings at 152, and 154, Hefangjie Street declared a historic building?

On 6 March 2007, as number LSJZ3-38 in the third batch of 70 historic buildings announced by the Hangzhou municipal government (杭政函〔2007〕51号).

### What does LSJZ3-38 mean?

It is the building's number on the city's list. LSJZ abbreviates *lishi jianzhu*, "historic building"; 3 is the batch and 38 its place in that batch.