Huizhong hotel building

The Palace Hotel is a new Renaissance style building built in the early 20th century on the Bund of Shanghai. The building is located at No.19 Bund or No.23 Nanjing Road, in the golden section at the corner of the two roads. As early as the early 1850s, a three story Central Hotel was built here. It is the oldest foreign-funded hotel in the concession as well as the ritcha hotel.

Huizhong hotel building

Huizhong hotel building was built in 1906. It was invested by Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotel Co., Ltd., designed by Scott of Morrison and constructed by Wang Faji. It covers an area of 1687 square meters, with a construction area of 11697 square meters. It faces north from the south. It has a 6-story brick wood mixed structure and a height of 30 meters. It is of Renaissance style. The elevation is divided horizontally by protruding interlayer lines. The main entrance is arched with a lock stone and decorated with triangular mountain flowers. Above the balcony, standing on both sides of the bottle railings, the middle wall has "1906" words. There are two original pavilions and roof gardens in baroque style on the East and West ends of the top, which were changed to flat roof after the fire in 1914. White brick fair faced exterior wall, inlaid with red brick waist line. There are triangular or curved lintels on the windows. In 1909, the first international anti drug conference, the world anti smoking conference, was held here. On December 29, 1911, Dr. Sun Yat Sen delivered a speech here.

brief introduction

The Palace Hotel is a new Renaissance style building built in the early 20th century on the Bund of Shanghai. The building is located at No.19 Bund or No.23 Nanjing Road, in the golden section at the corner of the two roads. As early as the early 1850s, a three story Central Hotel was built here. It is the oldest foreign-funded hotel in the concession as well as the ritcha hotel. On April 3, 1865, the Shanghai Branch of HSBC was established and rented until 1874. In 1903, the central hotel was reorganized into Huizhong Hotel, which was designed by Walter Scott of British capital Morrison and planned to be rebuilt into a six story building. In 1906, the building was started and completed in 1908. It is 6-story, 30 meters high, with a construction area of 11607 square meters, mainly of brick and wood structure. The architectural style belongs to the style of the new Renaissance, with a large area of white brick exterior wall, divided by the red brick waist line, and a stone exterior wall at the bottom. The interior is exquisitely decorated. Huizhong hotel is the first building in Shanghai and China to install elevators. In the 1930s, Huizhong hotel was opened to Chinese. In 1947, Daqing company, a Chinese businessman, acquired the property rights of the hotel and continued to operate. Closed in 1952. In 1965, it was changed into the South Building of peace hotel and opened again.

Historical review

Huizhong hotel is one of the earliest existing hotels in Shanghai. It can be regarded as a historical building. After the opening of Shanghai port, the Bund was the first area invested and developed by foreign investors. Most of its buildings were first or second floor buildings. In 1854, the central hotel built a three story British style building on the Bund of Nanjing Road, which is the most luxurious hotel in Shanghai. In the same year, the board of directors of Shanghai British concession Industry Bureau held a meeting here. In April 1865, the Bank of Hong Kong set up a Shanghai branch here. In 1903, the property right of Central Hotel was bought by Huizhong foreign company, and then it was reorganized into Huizhong hotel. After the opening of Shanghai, more and more foreigners and missionaries came to Shanghai to do business, so the hotel industry gradually developed. At that time, there were two earliest and most luxurious hotels in Shanghai, one was the Ritz Hotel (today's Pujiang Hotel) and the other was the Central Hotel. In 1906, Huizhong Hotel decided to demolish the old building and rebuild the new one. Huizhong hotel was designed by Scott, an architect of Morrison and built by wangfaji construction factory. It was completed in 1908. The building covers an area of 2125 square meters, with a construction area of 11697 square meters. It is a 6-story building with a height of 30 meters and a brick wood mixed structure. The appearance is Renaissance architectural style. After the completion of the project, the first tram in Shanghai was opened to traffic, and its departure station was set on the Bund of Nanjing Road, with a sea of people along the road. The first floor is a large bar, restaurant and tea room, the second to fifth floors are guest rooms, the sixth floor is staff dormitory, the roof is the earliest roof garden in Shanghai, and there is a baroque Pavilion in the East and West. The architectural style of the building is the British Renaissance architectural style. The exterior wall of the ground floor is faced with granite, and the upper layers are decorated with white tiles. The walls between the floors and the upper two windows are decorated with red fair faced bricks, and some window frames are equipped with arc or triangular lintels. The interior decoration of the hotel is very luxurious. The teak revolving door is used to enter the hotel. There are spacious wooden stairs in the hall, and the handrails are exquisitely carved. In the east of the ground floor is a 300 seat dining hall. The walls are decorated with teak, and the ceiling is decorated with elegant plaster. The side seats can enjoy the street view of Nanjing Road through the doors and windows. In order to facilitate passengers to get up and down, two imported elevators were installed, which are the earliest elevators in Shanghai. On February 1, 1909, the world anti smoking conference was held here, and the representatives of various countries who attended the conference praised the elegance of the building. After the success of the 1911 Revolution, all walks of life in Shanghai gathered at this luxury hotel on December 25 to welcome Dr. Sun Yat Sen back to China and become the president of the Nanjing Provisional Government. Dr. Sun Yat Sen delivered a speech at the meeting. Just when the hotel was very prosperous, in 1914, a fire broke out in the staff dormitory on the sixth floor, and the roof garden and the architectural decoration on the top floor were all burnt down. Soon after the outbreak of the first World War, the owners did not care to repair it, but simply repaired it. The top floor was changed to a flat roof. After the Pacific War in 1914, the Japanese occupied the hotel and resumed business after the victory of the Anti Japanese war. In 1947, the property right of the hotel was sold to Daqing company, a Chinese businessman. It closed in 1952 and was rented by Shanghai Construction and Engineering Bureau. It was rebuilt into the South Building of peace hotel in 1965.

architectural style

This is a mixed structure building with English style. It is six stories high. Red brick is used as waistline, white brick is used as wall, and some of the windows and doors are arched or flat arched.

Its original name was Huizhong hotel. Huizhong hotel was founded in 1960s. In 1966, a Renaissance style three story house was built on the site. The main structural system of the existing hotel building on the 6th floor is brick and wood structure, some of which are steel reinforced concrete. It is one of the earliest multi-storey buildings in Shanghai to install elevators.

The entrance hall facing Nanjing road is equipped with wide wooden stairs and fine carving of handrails. On the east side of the ground floor, there is a 300 seat dining hall with teak walls and plaster patterns on the top. The exterior wall is built of stone at the bottom, with white tiles on the above layers, red brick ribbons on the walls between floors and between the top two windows, and triangular or arc lintels on the upper eaves of some windows. It has Renaissance architectural style.

The original roof garden on the roof. Facing the Bund of Huangpu River, there are two pavilions in baroque style, which no longer exist.

Address: No.19, Zhongshan East 1st Road, Shanghai

Longitude: 121.49044036865

Latitude: 31.237972259521

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