Shanghai’s Little White House
They call it the “Little White House,” and it was one of the finest grand mansions of old Shanghai. Still is. Constructed by a company whose buildings would become icons, this gracious belle époque mansion on Fenyang Lu never housed Presidents, but for nearly half a century after it was built, it was the home of men who defined their era.
Completed in 1919, it was originally the residence of silk merchant Henri Madier and his brother Joseph. The Madier brothers and their business partner Adolphe Ribet owned Shanghai’s leading silk trading company, Madier et Ribet.
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