7 Dongping Road
House at 7 Dongping Road
东平路7号住宅
European-style garden residence
The housing authority traces the house to 1916 using historic drawings. The often-mentioned 1935 date concerns a later residential phase and should not replace the construction date.
Explore the historical timeline
Capture date unstated; published 2023-01-19
South elevation of No. 7; capture date unstated.
Shanghai housing authority: Dongping Road buildings · Publishing institution; photographer not separately credited · Image source · Original source declares no open licence
At a glance
- Built
- 1916
- Architect
- Architects of American China Realty Company
- Architecture
- European-style garden residence
- Original use
- Garden residence
- Present use
- Conservatory school practice rooms in the 2023 record
- Address
- 7 Dongping RoadDongping Road
Architecture and use: sources[1]
The beginning
Why was it built here?
The housing authority traces the house to 1916 using historic drawings. The often-mentioned 1935 date concerns a later residential phase and should not replace the construction date.[1]
Later uses included a theatrical troupe and Peking-opera rehearsal space; the 2023 record identifies conservatory-school practice rooms. Domestic life, performance and music education occupy successive layers.[1]
Look up, then look closer
Details worth a closer look
Massing and façade
A sequence of arches, pale balustrades and steep gables defines the south side. Projecting red-brick details mark corners and windows against lighter walls.[1]
Space and details
Steps raise the porch above the garden, creating a threshold to the interior. The published north and south photographs show different faces of the same building.[1]
One building, changing roles
Read the building through time
Captions distinguish photographic dates from publication dates; periods without reliable images are covered in the text.
- 1916
Garden residence built
Drawings establish construction before the residential phase beginning in 1935.[1]
- 1935–1949
Residential phase recorded by the source
This period of use should not replace the house’s original construction date.[1]
- 2023
Practice-room use documented
The official account documents musical-education use and both façades.[1]
Today and visiting
Discover the building from the street
Conservatory school practice rooms in the 2023 record[1]
- Address
- 7 Dongping Road
- Visiting
- Observe from public pavements; entry follows posted opening and booking rules. Respect residential, office and worship uses. A guide marker is not permission to enter.
Sources checked: 2026-10-26 · Observe from public pavements; entry follows posted opening and booking rules. Respect residential, office and worship uses. A guide marker is not permission to enter.
Shanghai and the world
Read history across the neighbourhood
Neighbouring apartments, houses and public spaces have different construction and use histories. Addresses, photograph directions and records together reveal how the neighbourhood developed.[1]
More photographs
Capture date unstated; published 2023-01-19
Historic architectural drawing from the authority’s address-specific account; a drawing, not a period photograph.
Shanghai housing authority: Dongping Road buildings · Publishing institution; photographer not separately credited · Image source · Original source declares no open licence
Text and image sources
This account is based on the sources below. Unverified details are identified as such. Where photographs are included, sources and licences are listed beneath each image.
- Shanghai housing authority: Dongping Road buildings ↗
Compiled from the listed evidence. Publication, capture and construction dates are distinguished.
- Shanghai housing authority: Dongping Road buildings ↗
Original source declares no open licence
- Shanghai housing authority: Dongping Road buildings ↗
Original source declares no open licence
Image handling and dating
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Original framing is retained, with WebP conversion and previews only. Article dates do not replace unknown capture dates; drawings and photographs are identified separately.