The Former Residence of Natong is located at No. 176 Xinhua Road, Heping District, as it stands today. In the early years of the Republic of China, Natong purchased the land here and built two buildings—one large and one small—both designed in German-style villa architecture. The larger building is made of reinforced concrete, with the ground floor serving as living rooms in both Chinese styles (including Han and Manchu styles) and Western styles (European and Japanese); the smaller...
Nathan's Former Residence is located at No. 7 Taian Avenue, Heping District. The building features a brick-and-wood structure, with parts of it being a three-story Western-style house. It has red brick exposed walls, a king post roof truss, steeply pitched筒瓦 (cylindrical tile) roofing with varying heights, and a distinctive architectural style. The interior is luxuriously and elegantly decorated, with high-end marble flooring and hardwood furnishings. It includes facilities such as a dining room, ballroom, study, living room, and bedrooms. …
The former residence of Meng Enyuan is located at No. 23 Chongqing Road, Heping District. It is a two-story (partially three-story) brick-concrete structure with symmetrical towers on either side of the main house, an underground level, a symmetrical layout, and a solemn design. The building covers a construction area of 1,539 square meters and features British neoclassical architectural style. After liberation, the residence was once used by...
The former residence of Rongqing is located in Qingyun Lane on Xinhua South Road. The area mainly consists of three-story, row-style brick-and-wood buildings, which were originally inhabited by China's elite and upper class. The buildings have largely retained their original appearance to this day. …
Song Zheyuan had two residences in Tianjin, one on No. 17 Road and the other on No. 29 Road in the British Concession (now No. 253 Xinhua Road and No. 86 Nanjing Road in Heping District). The residence on No. 17 Road (now No. 253 Xinhua Road) was purchased by Song Zheyuan in 1932 under the name Mingren Hall from the British firm Sincere & Co., operating as an estate. It is a two-story brick-and-wood structure building,…
Sun Zhenfang, styled Yangru, was a native of Shouzhou, Anhui. His father, Sun Duosen, was the founder of the emerging national bourgeoisie Sun family business conglomerate during the late Qing and early Republican period. After his father’s death, he succeeded as the general manager of Tonghui Company but later yielded the position to his uncle, Sun Duoyu, due to his lack of business acumen. The former residence of Sun Zhenfang is located at No. 66 Dali Road, Heping District. This building was funded and built by Sun Zhenfang...
The former residence of Sun Tongxuan is located at No. 68 Chongqing Road, Heping District. Built in the 1930s, it covers a construction area of 733 square meters, featuring a three-story Western-style brick-concrete structure with an irregular floor plan and forming its own enclosed courtyard. …
Sun Jilu was formerly the manager of Tianjin Yujì Salt Affairs Company. The former residence of Sun Jilu is located at No. 20 Zhengzhou Road, Heping District. Built in 1939, it was designed and supervised by Yong Huimin. The building is delicate and exquisitely crafted, featuring a uniquely modern-style small Western-style house. This former residence is now listed as an immovable cultural relic in Tianjin that has not yet been designated as a protected cultural heritage site…
The Tian Zhongyu Mansion is located at No. 42 Yingkou Road, Heping District, and is one of the better-preserved Western-style buildings in Tianjin. This mansion is a three-story Romanesque brick-and-wood structure built in 1922. It covers an area of 1,554.5 square meters, with a total floor area of over 1,756.16 square meters. The first thing that catches the eye is the four two-story-high Ionic columns in front of the building...
The former residence of Wang Yusheng is located at No. 89 Chongqing Road. It is a small two-story British-style villa constructed with brick and wood, built in 1929. The architectural features include an octagonal protrusion in the central part of the building’s façade, four cement steps with plaster finish on the left side of the main entrance, topped by a second-floor balcony. The layout is rational and compact, fully equipped, and exquisitely decorated. It is now used as office space...
The former residence of Xu Shichang is located at No. 255 Xinhua South Road, Heping District. The entire residence consists of nine buildings with a total of 181 rooms, covering a construction area of 4,347 square meters. Although these nine buildings are situated on the same plot of land, they function as independent units — Xu himself lived in one, while the rest were allocated to his family members. The residence where Xu lived was an independent compound that occupied…
The former residence of Xiong Bingqi is located at No. 127 Munan Road, Heping District. Built in 1925, it is a two-story brick-and-wood Western-style building set within its own courtyard. The front yard has flowers, plants, and trees, along with a garage. The downstairs includes a dining room and a kitchen, featuring a rotating window that allows food prepared in the kitchen to be sent directly to the dining room. Xiong Bing…
The former residence of Wu Songping is located at No. 117 Kunming Road, Heping District. Constructed in 1934, it was personally designed and supervised by Wu Songping himself during its construction. The exterior features sulfur-clay brick walls and a steeply pitched, sharply ridged roof, giving it a novel design with the style of a European countryside villa. In the early years, the courtyard housed a fountain, a small pavilion, and various kinds of…
The former residence of Xu Shizhang is located at No. 126 Munan Road, Heping District. It is a three-story modern-style building constructed with brick and concrete, reduced to two stories after an earthquake. The building houses a study, ballroom, living room, dining room, and more. Originally, there was a garden courtyard surrounding the building, featuring rockeries, a small pavilion, and a scenic flower wall, making it an elegant high-end private residence...
The former residence of Xu Shuqiang is located at No. 108 (originally No. 130) Munan Road. Built during the Republic of China era, it consists of two British modern-style brick-and-wood structures, one three-storey and the other four-storey. It covers a land area of 2,954 square meters and a floor space of 1,366 square meters. The walls feature brown glazed tile cladding in fair-faced finish. The entrance on the ground floor is an open hall. On the second floor, there is a semi-circular...
Yan Xishan's Former Residence is located at No. 55 Shaanxi Road, Heping District. Built in the 1920s, it is a three-story brick-and-wood structure with a Western classical-style pointed roof. The residence features two carved iron gates on the east and west sides, a garage in the courtyard, as well as a large locust tree and various other plants. The building has a semi-basement that serves as a boiler room. The second and third...
The former residence of Yan Xiu is located at No. 144 Chongqing Road, Heping District. After the establishment of the Republic of China, Yan Xiu moved to this place. The residence is a two-story European-style brick-concrete structure with a construction area of 670 square meters, forming an independent courtyard. It has been listed as an immovable cultural relic in Tianjin that has not yet been designated as a protected cultural heritage site. …
The former residence of Yuan Kewen is located at No. 93 Chengdu Road, Heping District. It was originally the property of former military officer Shi Yousan, known as Shijie Li (World Inside), a British-style terrace house with three stories, built with brick and wood in a rather ordinary design. This was where Yuan Kewen once lived during a later period when his life was relatively financially strained. …
The former residence of Yang Wenkai is located in Lindong Building on Hebei South Road, Heping District. Originally owned by Sun Yangru, it was built in 1919. This four-story brick-concrete apartment building features exposed brick walls on the ground floor, cement-rendered walls above the second floor, and a sloped roof with parapets. The interior is divided into individual units, fully equipped with refined furnishings and offering comfortable living conditions. …
The former residence of Zeng Yanyi is located at No. 1 Changde Road, Heping District. It is a three-story small building in the European medieval style with Roman columns. The main entrance features a recessed circular staircase, a round porch, and a circular balcony above, all of which are very elegant and exquisite. This residence has been listed as an immovable cultural relic in Tianjin that has not yet been designated as a protected cultural heritage site. In 1938, due to illness and injury...