原名懷施堂，為紀(jì)念圣約翰大學(xué)創(chuàng)始人施約瑟而造。1951年，為紀(jì)念中國(guó)新聞出版業(yè)杰出代表、圣約翰大學(xué)畢業(yè)生鄒韜奮，改名為韜奮樓。
韜奮樓原名懷施堂，為紀(jì)念圣約翰大學(xué)創(chuàng)始人施約瑟而造，1894年奠基，1895年落成。
Formerly known as “the Schereschewsky Hall”, the Taofen Building was built to honor Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky, the founder of St. John’s University. The foundation stone was laid in 1894 and completed in 1895.
建筑為兩層磚木結(jié)構(gòu)，墻面以青磚為主，局部以紅磚構(gòu)飾線條，西式拱券外廊，歇山屋頂蓋以中式蝴蝶瓦，屋角有上翹的“戧脊”，線條極為優(yōu)美，充分體現(xiàn)了西方對(duì)中國(guó)建筑的理解。建筑內(nèi)部結(jié)構(gòu)保持著四合院的特點(diǎn)，寬敞的走廊搭配半壁大窗，充分滿足現(xiàn)代教學(xué)的需要。
It is a two-storey building with a brick-and-timber structure, with walls dominated by green bricks. In certain parts, the lines are decorated with red bricks. With a western-style verandah arch, a gable and hip roof covered by grey tiles in butterfly shape and spectacular upturned “ridges” on each corner of the roof, the building fully reflects the understanding of the west to Chinese architecture. The inside of the building maintains the features of traditional quadrangles, such as spacious corridors with large windows, which render ideal conditions for modern teaching.
懷施堂中央為三層鐘樓，在頂部安置大鐘。大鐘是由美國(guó)馬薩諸塞州波士頓E.愛(ài)德華聯(lián)合公司鑄造。1895年12月鐘樓落成時(shí)，頂部大鐘成為上海地區(qū)第一座大時(shí)鐘，不僅滿足了圣約翰大學(xué)師生的需要，也方便了周圍居民。
There is a three-storey bell tower in the center of the Schereschewsky Hall, with a huge clock on top. The bell was cast by the E. Edward Associates of Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Since the bell tower was inaugurated in December 1895, it had become the first large clock in Shanghai, not only meeting the needs of the faculty and students of St. John University, but also facilitating the residents nearby.
新中國(guó)成立后，1951年3月，為紀(jì)念圣約翰大學(xué)畢業(yè)生鄒韜奮，懷施堂改名韜奮樓。鄒韜奮是中國(guó)新聞出版史上最杰出的人物之一，著名的政論家和出版家。1921年畢業(yè)于圣約翰大學(xué)。1931年九一八事變后，鄒韜奮在上海全身心投入抗日救亡運(yùn)動(dòng)，先后主編《抗戰(zhàn)》《全民抗戰(zhàn)》等刊物。1936年5月，他積極響應(yīng)中國(guó)共產(chǎn)黨建立抗日民族統(tǒng)一戰(zhàn)線的號(hào)召，與沈鈞儒等在上海發(fā)起成立了全國(guó)各界救國(guó)聯(lián)合會(huì)。1944年7月在上海病逝后，9月被中共中央追認(rèn)為中共黨員，毛澤東、周恩來(lái)分別親題挽詞。1949年7月，毛澤東為鄒韜奮逝世五周年紀(jì)念題詞：“紀(jì)念民主戰(zhàn)士鄒韜奮”。1995年11月，為紀(jì)念鄒韜奮百年誕辰，鄒韜奮半身銅像揭幕典禮在韜奮樓中央空地上舉行。
After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, in order to commemorate Zou Taofen (or Zou Enrun), one of the graduates from St. John’s University, Schereschewsky Hall was renamed the Taofen Building in March, 1951. Zou Taofen was one of the most prominent figures in the history of journalism and publishing in China and a well-known political commentator and publisher. He graduated from St. John’s University in 1921. After the outbreak of the September 18th Incident in 1931, he devoted himself to the Movement of Resistance Against Japan and Saving the Nation from Extinction in Shanghai, and edited such publications as War of Resistance Against Japan and National War of Resistance Against Japan successively. In May 1936, he responded positively to the call of the Communist Party of China to establish the Anti-Japanese National United Front, and initiated the establishment of the All-China Federation of National Salvation in Shanghai with Shen Junru and others. After his death in July, 1944 in Shanghai, he was posthumously recognized as a member of the Communist Party by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in September, and Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Zhu De wrote elegies for him respectively. In July 1949, Mao Zedong wrote an elegy that read “In memory of Zou Taofen, a fighter for democracy” on the fifth anniversary of the death of Zou Taofen. In November, 1995, to commemorate the 100th birthday of Zou Taofen, the unveiling ceremony of the bronze bust of Zou Taofen was held in the central courtyard of the Taofen Building.
