Former Residence of Wellington Koo

　　The former residence of Wellington Koo is located at No. 267 Hebei Road, Heping District. The house was built in 1921, covering a land area of 1,320 square meters and a floor area of 1,547 square meters. Wellington Koo once stayed here briefly in 1924. The main building has three floors and is of brick-and-wood structure. The ground floor has six rooms and two halls. Entering from the foyer into the main hall, there is a large fireplace, fixed seating by the windows, as well as adjacent rooms including a study, dining room, and flower hall, with a large terrace outside the hall. The second and third floors contain bedrooms and bathrooms. The building’s façade features red brick walls. The windows are integrated with arches, and a pair of Baroque-style twisted columns stand dignifiedly at the entrance. The building is currently used by the Tianjin Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang and is listed as a cultural relic protection unit of Tianjin.

　　Wellington Koo (1888~1985)　　Wellington Koo (January 29, 1888 – November 14, 1985), courtesy name Shaochuan, was a Han Chinese from Jiading County, Jiangsu Province (now Jiading District, Shanghai), and one of the most outstanding diplomats in modern Chinese history. Wellington Koo, courtesy name Shaochuan, was born on January 29, 1888 (the 17th day of the 12th month of the 13th year of the Guangxu reign in the Qing Dynasty) in Jiading, Jiangsu (now part of Shanghai’s Jiading District). He first attended a traditional private school, then in 1899 enrolled in Shanghai’s Anglo-Chinese College, and in 1901 entered St. John’s College. In 1904, he went to Columbia University in the United States, specializing in international law and diplomacy, where he earned a doctoral degree. In 1912, after returning to China, he served as... More+