History of Dongfeng Hotel

The former site of Shanghai General Association is now Dongfeng Hotel. Located at No.2, Zhongshan East 1st Road, Shanghai. Shanghai Club, which was famous in the Far East, was built in 19 10. This is a typical English classical building. It was proud to have the longest bar in the east at that time, and its bar counter reached 1 10.7 feet, about 34 meters.

After the opening of Shanghai, the general assembly buildings of Britain, America, Germany and France were built in the concession, among which the British general assembly was the earliest. The name of the British Federation is Shanghai Federation, also known as Shanghai Club.

In the first year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1862), it was a British classical building with three-story brick-wood structure and red bricks embedded in the outer wall, which was a popular three-story "East India" building at that time. A club originally established for British expatriates in Shanghai.

A new building was rebuilt on the original site in the year of Tong Yuan (1909). The Shanghai Federation built a six-story Renaissance-style new building on the original site, and used cement-based cementitious materials for the first time, breaking the uniform brick-wood structure of the Bund complex at that time. 1910 65438+10.

After liberation, the people's government took over the building and transformed it into an international seaman's club.

197 1 year, Shanghai General Club Building became Dongfeng Hotel;

1989 65438+February, the first KFC restaurant in Shanghai opened on the first floor of Shanghai Federation;

1998, closed maintenance of the building;

A few days ago, the Shanghai General Club Building was renovated and transformed into a high-end luxury hotel to reopen.