Zhou’s Former Residence

The former residence of Zhou Mingtai is the former residence of Zhou Mingtai, the eldest son of Zhou[...]

The former residence of Zhou Mingtai is the former residence of Zhou Mingtai, the eldest son of Zhou Xuexi, one of the founders of modern Chinese industry, in Tianjin. It was built in 1933 and is located on Wellington Road at that time, now No. 277 Hebei Road. The former residence is a British veranda-style building with eclectic architectural features. It is a three-story brick-wood structure building.

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On the first floor of the front facade, there is a front porch with three connected arch openings, which is a continuous arched open corridor. On the second floor, there is a double-column and three-bay balcony with Roman legacy and decorated with exquisite floral decorations and ripples. The dark brown cylinder bricks of this building are all from the United Kingdom. Among them, the fairy carving above the window casing symbolizes happiness and auspiciousness.

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It is in a Chinese-Western style. The fairy’s long hair is Western-style, while the face has Chinese characteristics. The doors and windows inside the building are all made of Philippine wood. The bathroom tiles are green. The building is made of dark brown cylinder bricks. The window sill is made of white marble. The steel windows are inlaid with hollow glass, which has heat preservation and insulation effects.

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There is a large sunny living room of more than 40 square meters in the corridor on the first floor. The top of the living room has arched decorations, and on both sides are colonnades decorated with water ripple and vortex patterns in the style of ancient Greek sculptures. There is a square pavilion on the top of the building. The specific business hours and opening status are subject to the opening situation on that day.

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