# Former Site of Yongtai Department Store

> Former Site of Yongtai Department Store (LSJZ4-18) is a declared historic building of Hangzhou, listed in 2008. Built in the late Qing dynasty.

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Updated: 2026-10-30

**Former Site of Yongtai Department Store** (永泰百货店旧址) is a former shop or works building in Hangzhou, China, built in the late Qing dynasty. The city declared it a protected historic building on 14 August 2008, as number LSJZ4-18 in the fourth batch of 49.

## What the listing says

![Former Site of Yongtai Department Store](https://hangzhoumemory.org/photos/lsjz4-18.webp)

*Former Site of Yongtai Department Store (永泰百货店旧址). Photo: 猫猫的日记本, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_Site_of_Yongtai_Department_Store_2015-08.JPG).*

The city's description, as summarised on English Wikipedia: Constructed in the late Qing Dynasty, this courtyard villa reflects the process of combining the Western-style gable with the old-style commercial architecture in contemporary times.

## Key facts

**Former Site of Yongtai Department Store at a glance**

| Fact | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| List number | LSJZ4-18 |
| Chinese name | 永泰百货店旧址 |
| Batch | [Fourth batch](/fourth-batch), announced 14 August 2008 |
| Built | Late Qing dynasty |
| Listed address | 中山中路54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 [fourth batch](/fourth-batch), announced on 14 August 2008: 49 buildings, including lane houses, the shops of Zhongshan Road, the former Boji Hospital and Qing houses at 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 Xianzhang Silk Store](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/老杭州印记-历史建筑•名宅-咸章绸庄旧址): LSJZ3-27, 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

## Sources and licence

- Description: adapted from the English Wikipedia article [List of fourth batch of declared historic buildings in Hangzhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fourth_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〔2008〕179号 of 14 August 2008.
- 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:Former_Site_of_Yongtai_Department_Store_2015-08.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 Former Site of Yongtai Department Store?

The city's list gives its address as 中山中路54号, Hangzhou. Chinese map apps and taxi drivers will recognise the address in Chinese.

### When was Former Site of Yongtai Department Store declared a historic building?

On 14 August 2008, as number LSJZ4-18 in the fourth batch of 49 historic buildings announced by the Hangzhou municipal government (杭政函〔2008〕179号).

### What does LSJZ4-18 mean?

It is the building's number on the city's list. LSJZ abbreviates *lishi jianzhu*, "historic building"; 4 is the batch and 18 its place in that batch.