Zhantianyou's Former Residence

Zhan Tianyou's former residence is located at 65 Dongting Street, Hankou. The former residence is designed and built for him personally. In1912-1919 He worked tirelessly in Hankou to preside over the construction of the Guangdong-Han Railway and Sichuan-Han Railway. He then went to Harbin to fight for China's rights and interests in the Middle East Railway. He finally died of fatigue, aged only 58.

Zhan Tianyou's former residence is located at No. 51 Dongting Street, Jiang'an District, Wuhan (formerly No. 9 Hankou Russian Concession). The former residence was built in 1912 and was personally designed and built during Zhan Tianyou's tenure as Chief Engineer of Hanyuechuan Railway Association. Zhan Tianyou lived here for the last seven years of his life. Simple blue bricks, wooden trip! ! !

Zhan Tianyou's former residence is located at No. 51 Dongting Street, Jiang'an District, Wuhan, and No. 9, Hankou Russian Concession, which was built in 1912 and was designed and built by Zhan Tianyou himself. From 1912 to 1919, Zhan Tianyou worked and lived here until his death. He moved his family several times for the construction of China's railway, the former residence is the only well-preserved old site to date, and it is also the most complete former residence of scientists in Wuhan.

Zhan Tianyou personally designed and supervised the construction of a two-storey white building in the concession, where he spent the last few years of his life with his family. The first floor is the main exhibition area. The railway designed by Zhan Tianyou and the sketch of the first Yangtze River Bridge in Chinese history are introduced. Zhan Tianyou is not only an engineer, but also an educator. The Chinese-English dictionary and textbook of Engineering compiled by Zhan Tianyou are on display in the exhibition hall. The rooms on the second floor were not open at all. Only the corridor area had a history of Chinese workers building railways for foreign countries. Just check in at the front entrance.

Good environment, convenient transportation, worth going.

Free visit to the former residence, you can enter at the door. The former residence is the only site that has been well preserved so far, and it is also a key cultural relics protection unit in the country. The architectural department Zhan Tianyou personally designed and built, is a building with European style. Zhan Tianyou's former residence has many cultural relics in the collection, including wooden boxes he used when studying abroad, a ruler used for building railways, a large dictionary of English and Chinese for work and study, and a photo of his son with his own inscriptions. If you happen to go to Lihuangpi Road, you can go and see, there are many similar memorials or old sites around.