Former Office Building of the U.S. Consulate in Fuzhou

Former Office Building of the U.S. Consulate in Fuzhou

The former office building of the U.S. Consulate in Fuzhou is a cultural heritage site protected at the provincial level in Fujian Province.

The former office building of the U.S. Consulate in Fuzhou is located at No. 84 Maiyuan Road, Cangshan District, within the premises of the Provincial Health Supervision Institute under the Department of Health. It served as the former site of the U.S. Consulate. The original building dates back to the mid-19th century. The U.S. Consulate moved in around 1930–1937. Based on architectural form and existing records, the building may have undergone renovations. It was designated as a provincial-level cultural heritage site in 2013.

The consulate office building is a two-story brick-and-wood structure with a basement, facing south, featuring a two-bay facade divided by square Roman Tuscan-style pilasters. The eastern bay protrudes in an arc, with two semi-circular engaged Tuscan pilasters flanking the central window; the western bay has a two-story colonnade with two circular Roman Tuscan columns in the center. Above the columns is an architrave, topped by a Greek-style cornice, and covered by a composite hip roof with small blue tiles. The curved wall section includes a parapet.

Due to the terrain, the east and north sides of the basement are open. The east side features a protruding stone arcade with a flat roof, 3 meters wide, consisting of four bays, each 3.20 meters wide and 3.90 meters high. The interior has a central hallway, with two rooms on each of the north and south sides, originally used as a kitchen and storage rooms. There are outdoor stone staircases on both the north and south sides leading up one floor, with steps adjacent to the outer walls.

Cangqian Subdistrict: Cangqian Subdistrict is located in the central part of Cangshan District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. To the east, it connects with Puding in Xiadu Subdistrict; to the north, it borders the Min River and adjoins Guanjin Road in Linjiang Subdistrict; to the west, it links with Longtanjiao in Shangdu Subdistrict; and to the south, it borders Jinxing Village in Cangshan Township, the suburban area. It covers an area of 0.991 square kilometers, with over 12,000 households and a population of nearly 30,000. The subdistrict office is located at Building G, Xinlong Shengshi, No. 3 Juhe Road, overseeing ten neighborhood committees: Longfeng, Meiwu, Maiyuan, Zhenxing, Gongyuan, Wanchun, Laogong, Xingyuan, Limin, and Hangxing.

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