Hongkong & Shanghai Bank (1879)

Title : Hongkong & Shanghai Bank (1879)

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Location : Shanghai: International Settlement

Date (start) : 1879

Estimated dates : 1879

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 : bank;building

Keywords (ch) : 滙豐銀行