Thomas Hunt & Co. Building (1862) [Hongkong & Shanghai Bank]

Title : Thomas Hunt & Co. Building (1862) [Hongkong & Shanghai Bank]

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Location : Shanghai: International Settlement

Date (start) : 1862

Estimated dates : 1862

Nature : Painting

Support image : Paper

Information data : The Hongkong & Shanghai Bank (滙豐銀行 - Huifeng yinhang - HSBC) opened its Shanghai branch in 1865. It moved into its own building, designed by the architect William Kidner, on a site next to the Maritime Customs, in 1875. The modern building was completed in 1923. (Frank King et al., History of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, I: 94, 255.

Keywords (ch) : 滙豐銀行

Street name : Bund