Former site of Garden Building

Former site of Garden Building

The former site of the Garden Building is a protected cultural heritage site of Tianjin.

The Garden Building is located at No. 176-192 Dagu Road, Heping District, and is a protected cultural heritage site of Tianjin.

The original owner of the Garden Building was the British company Sincere & Co. Ltd., and it was built in 1934. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, it was used as office space by the Tianjin Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology and the Tianjin Municipal Commission of Urban and Rural Construction and Transportation.

On October 8, 1932, Sincere & Co. Ltd. leased approximately 10 acres of land from the British company Peace & Co. In 1934, the British firm Johnston, Williamson & Company designed and constructed the Garden Building on this site. The building was named after Victoria Park, which is adjacent to it across Dagu Road to the east. The Garden Building has a total floor area of over 11,000 square meters, is a five-story mixed-structure building with an “L”-shaped layout, and features retail spaces on the ground floor along Dagu Road. Floors two through five contain more than 200 residential units. The building mainly has interior corridors, with four staircases and one elevator serving the entire structure. Most of the original residents were senior staff of foreign firms and foreign consuls, making it a high-end apartment-style building.

Today, the Garden Building is situated within the Five Great Courtyards of Tai’an Avenue, where visitors can enjoy leisure activities while experiencing its rich historical atmosphere.

Further reading:

· Fourth Batch of Protected Cultural Heritage Sites of Tianjin