The Yokohama Specie Bank Building is a seven-story building in

The Bund The Bund or Waitan (, Shanghainese romanization: ''Nga3thae1'', , ) is a waterfront area and a protected historical district in central Shanghai. The area centers on a section of Zhongshan Road (East Zhongshan Road No.1) within the former Shang ...

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

. It is now a branch of the Shanghai Textile Holding Corporation. The building was designed by architects at P & T Architects & Engineers Ltd. The building was built on the site of David Sassoon's 1845 building. The Japanese bank purchased the site in 1920, began construction of the current building in 1923, and completed construction in 1924. After

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

the Chinese government confiscated the bank's assets, and the building became the headquarters of the Shanghai Textile Industry Bureau.Shea 2012

References

Bibliography

* Shea, Marilyn
"The Bund - Picture Guide to Historic Buildings"
The University of Maine. 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2012.

External links

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