People · architect, engineer
Morrison & Gratton
玛礼逊洋行
British architects and engineers in Shanghai, founded 1885; designed the Imperial Bank of China Building and the Palace Hotel on the Bund.
Morrison & Gratton (玛礼逊洋行, Mǎlǐxùn Yángháng) was a British firm in Shanghai, founded in 1885 by the engineer Gabriel James Morrison and the architect F. M. Gratton, according to Chinese Wikipedia. Its works include the Palace Hotel on the Bund and the Imperial Bank of China Building at No. 6.
Places
Building· c. 1906
Imperial Bank of China Building
中国通商银行大楼Zhōngguó Tōngshāng Yínháng Dàlóu
Gothic Revival bank at Bund No. 6, head office of the Imperial Bank of China, the first modern Chinese bank, founded by Sheng Xuanhuai in 1897.
Sources
- 1.Chinese Wikipedia (article given in each fact's locator) (中文维基百科), Wikimedia Foundation — https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/玛礼逊洋行wikipedia
- 2.Golden glory: five Bund addresses that witnessed the financial legend (金色的光荣：见证外滩金融业传奇的5个门牌号), 澎湃新闻·湃客 — https://m.thepaper.cn/baijiahao_3884630article
- 3.English Wikipedia (article given in each fact's locator) (English Wikipedia), Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Bank_of_China_Buildingwikipedia