Buildings at 18, 18-1, and 20, Zhongshan Road (M)

What the listing says

The city's description, as summarised on English Wikipedia: Constructed between 1911 and 1949, these commercial and residential buildings reflect the history of combining Western form with contemporary urban architecture.

Originally the Hengfeng silk store (恒丰绸庄).

Key facts

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.

It belongs to the 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, 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: LSJZ1-64, between 1911 and 1949
• The Former Site of Shengchang Department Store: LSJZ3-26, 1920s
• The Former Site of Xianzhang Silk Store: LSJZ3-27, 1920s
• The Former Site of Wuzhou Drugstore: LSJZ3-28, 1920s
• Buildings at 168–4, and 170, Zhongshan Zhong Road: LSJZ3-29, 1920s
• The Former Site of Huade Drugstore: LSJZ3-30, 1920s
• Building at 229, Zhongshan Zhong Road: LSJZ3-31, 1920s
• Building at 337, Zhongshan Road (M): 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, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• Chinese name, period, address and remarks: Chinese Wikipedia, 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 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons. 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.