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Astor House Hotel 利顺德饭店Lìshùndé Fàndiàn
National heritage site · Tianjin, Tianjin
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Tianjin
- Region
- Tianjin
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Astor House Hotel
Astor House was founded in 1863 by the British missionary John Innocent on the Hai River embankment and was the first foreign-funded hotel in Tianjin; the present building dates from an enlargement in 1886 and a further wing added in 1924. Sun Yat-sen and Herbert Hoover are among the guests recorded there, and treaties and consular business were handled in its rooms in the 19th century. It is still a working hotel, and its museum on the building's history is open to the public.
How to get to Astor House Hotel
On Jiefang North Road by the Hai River in Heping District, about 2 km south-south-east of Tianjin Railway Station.
Nearby
- Five Great Avenues 五大道 under 10 km
Leafy lanes of century-old villas from Tianjin's treaty-port days
Also within 20 km: Former French Municipal Board, Tianjin 法国公议局旧址 (under 10 km), Former Yien Yieh Commercial Bank, Tianjin 盐业银行旧址 (under 10 km), Former Tianjin College of Industry and Commerce Main Building 天津工商学院主楼旧址 (under 10 km), Quanyechang Department Store 劝业场 (under 10 km), Hoangho Paiho Museum (Beijiang Museum) 北疆博物院 (under 10 km), Jinjie Pedestrian Street 金街 (under 10 km).
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