St. Nicholas Church, Shanghai

Храм святителя Николая Чудотворца в Шанхае

ChinaШанхай1932–1934Public buildings

The church was founded on 18 December 1932 in the French Concession and built in 15 months with donations from Shanghai's Russian community to a design by the architect Alexander Yaron; it was consecrated in early 1934 as a memorial church to Emperor Nicholas II. Services ceased in 1955; the building was later used as a warehouse and a restaurant and became a protected architectural monument. In 2019 a poetry bookshop designed by Wutopia Lab opened inside it.

Храм заложен 18 декабря 1932 года на территории французской концессии и построен за 15 месяцев на пожертвования русской общины Шанхая по проекту архитектора Александра Ярона; освящён в начале 1934 года как храм-памятник императору Николаю II. Богослужения прекратились в 1955 году, позднее здание использовалось как склад и ресторан и получило статус охраняемого памятника архитектуры. В 2019 году в нём открыт книжный магазин поэзии, оформленный бюро Wutopia Lab.

Property abroad

EraChurch

FunctionChurch

Present ownerCity of Shanghai (protected heritage building; tenant: Sinan Books)

Acquisitionbuilt, 1934

StatusSold, transferred or lost

As of2020-05

The building was nationalised and is not in use as a church; according to a May 2020 publication it houses the Sinan Books poetry bookshop, opened in 2019.