Old house of Wang Zhilong

Old house of Wang Zhilong

Wang Zhilong's old house is located at No.22 Pukou Road, Hexi District, Tianjin cultural relic protection unit. It is a historical building with key protection level and is now an office building.

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Wang Zhilong (1888-1923) was born in Tianjin. Born as a businessman, he is good at business. Because he got acquainted with Ni sichong, the governor of Anhui Province, and was reused by Xu Shuzheng, the warlord of Anhui Province, he successively served as the general office of Heilongjiang, Hubei, Anhui salt mining and Transportation Bureau, and the general office of anwujun rear Road Bureau. Later, he invested in Jingxing coal mine, founded Tianjin Huachang and Danhua match companies, organized Changshun salt company, and co founded Jincheng bank, Yuyuan yarn factory, Bianye bank, etc《 Ta Kung Pao, etc. In 1918, he served as a member of the national assembly of Anfu department and the chief financial officer of the Beiyang government, and was regarded as the "God of wealth" of the warlords of Anfu department. Wang Zhilong was wanted by the warlords in Anhui Province in 1920. He fled to Japan and died in the Kanto earthquake in 1923. The building was built in 1900, covering an area of about 5200 square meters, with a construction area of about 2500 square meters. It is a two-story brick and wood structure and a local three-story building with a basement. Red tile slope top, light color mixed water wall, the main entrance with two groups of double column support corner porch, majestic momentum, shape scattered. The whole building embodies the mixed style of German dwellings and Western classical architecture.

Address: 22 Pukou Road, Hexi District, Tianjin

Longitude: 117.21968

Latitude: 39.112227