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HERITAGE authority officials are trying to establish whether two 19th century residential buildings earmarked for demolition are in fact part of the city’s earliest modern university.
The villas on Guangfu Road in Putuo District are reputed to be part of the campus of St John’s University, according to nearby residents .
But the buildings on the opposite bank of the Suzhou Creek to the former campus of the university — now the East China University of Political Science and Law — are due to be torn down by the city’s urban planning authority.
“They should be listed as city-level protected cultural relics but are set for demolition,” said Gao Xiaolian, a residents’ representative.
However, heritage professionals are less certain of the buildings’ credentials.
“It’s still hard to determine whether the buildings, which are separate from the major campus, were part of the university,” said Li Kongsan, director of the cultural relics protection department with the Shanghai Municipality Administration of Cultural Heritage.
The administration will send experts to evaluate the buildings again and decide whether to protect them, Li said.
The red-roofed, two-story villas are home to 16 households.
St John’s University was founded by American missionaries in 1879 and attracted students from affluent Shanghai families.
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