# Architecture of Zhejiang Ramie Mill

> Architecture of Zhejiang Ramie Mill (LSJZ5-11) is a declared historic building of Hangzhou, listed in 2010. Built in the 1950s.

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Updated: 2026-10-30

**Architecture of Zhejiang Ramie Mill** (浙江麻纺厂建筑) is a former shop or works building in Hangzhou, China, built in the 1950s. The city declared it a protected historic building on 22 March 2010, as number LSJZ5-11 in the fifth batch of 43.

## What the listing says

The city's description, as summarised on English Wikipedia: Constructed in the 1950s, it is a two-story building in wood and brick-clad and used to be the office building of Zhejiang Ramie Mill.

## Key facts

**Architecture of Zhejiang Ramie Mill at a glance**

| Fact | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| List number | LSJZ5-11 |
| Chinese name | 浙江麻纺厂建筑 |
| Batch | [Fifth batch](/fifth-batch), announced 22 March 2010 |
| Built | 1950s |
| 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 [fifth batch](/fifth-batch), announced on 22 March 2010: 43 buildings, including Qing lanes of the old city, factories and warehouses of the 1950s to 1980s, and rural houses in Xiaoshan.

## 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

- [Zhejiang Exhibition Hall](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/浙江展览馆-2): LSJZ5-10, 1969
- [Architecture at the Site of Chongren Temple](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/崇仁庙遗址建筑-2): LSJZ5-12, late qing dynasty

## Sources and licence

- Description: adapted from the English Wikipedia article [List of fifth batch of declared historic buildings in Hangzhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fifth_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〔2010〕85号 of 22 March 2010.
- The text of this page is available under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

## Frequently asked questions

### When was Architecture of Zhejiang Ramie Mill declared a historic building?

On 22 March 2010, as number LSJZ5-11 in the fifth batch of 43 historic buildings announced by the Hangzhou municipal government (杭政函〔2010〕85号).

### What does LSJZ5-11 mean?

It is the building's number on the city's list. LSJZ abbreviates *lishi jianzhu*, "historic building"; 5 is the batch and 11 its place in that batch.