German, American, and Japanese Consulates

Title : German, American, and Japanese Consulates

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Location : Shanghai: International Settlement

Date (start) : 1915

Estimated dates : before 1917

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Information data : The buildings are: the German Consulate (1st from left), the American Consulate (2nd from left) and the Japanese Consulate (3rd from left) and the German Church (left background). The German Consulate-General on the Hongkew Bund opened in 1886 and was pulled down in 1937. The German chapel at left was completed in 1903. The Japanese Consulate-General, designed by Fukui Hisaichi, opened in 1911. The building is still there, with some alterations. The site had served the Japanese Consulate since 1879. Next to it, the U.S. Consulate-General (1911-1930).

Private Repository : IAO

Keywords : building;consulate;Japan;Germany;American;church

Keywords (fr) : bâtiment;consulat;Japon;Allemagne;Americain;église

Street name : Whangpoo