Early Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation

Title : Early Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Location : Shanghai: International Settlement

Date (start) : 1900

Estimated dates : 1900-1911

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Unknown

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. Date: The Hongkong & Shanghai Bank has the later addition on the front, which makes it c.1900 or later.

Keywords : HSBC;Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Corporation;bank;building

Keywords (fr) : HSBC;Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Corporation;banque;bâtiment

Keywords (ch) : 滙豐銀行

Street name : Bund