Beijing No. 41 Middle School, Secondary school in Xicheng District, Beijing, China
Beijing No. 41 Middle School occupies a walled compound at 58 Xisi Beiertiao in Xicheng District, now the Chengyi campus of Beijing No. 13 Middle School Branch. Its Western-style buildings comprise two four-storey classroom blocks and a two-storey office building. The west block has a roughly H-shaped plan; the east block has Greek columns and a triangular pediment over its entrance, with arched brick-and-cement windows throughout.
The school traces its origin to the Private Commoners' Middle School founded by educator Chen Yuan in 1921 in Yujiao Alley. In 1925 it moved into the Cuiwen Middle School building on Xisi Beiertiao, built with Boxer Indemnity funds, now the west teaching building. In 1938 the closed Cuizhen Girls' School premises were merged in as the east building, and in 1954 the former Daiji Hospital tuberculosis ward became the office building. In July 2018 the school was merged into Beijing No. 13 Middle School as its Chengyi campus.
The name No. 41 comes from its 1952 takeover by the Beijing municipal government; the school itself grew out of the Private Commoners' Middle School founded by educator Chen Yuan in 1921. Its alumni include writer Wang Meng, later Minister of Culture, and Rong Gaotang, a secretary-general of the State Sports Commission.
The campus is at 58 Xisi Beiertiao, in Beijing's Xicheng district, not Haidian or Chaoyang. The west teaching building faces the courtyard, the east building with its Greek columns stands opposite, and the former Daoji Hospital building serves as the office block. As a working school, access is normally limited to pupils and staff.
The campus occupies buildings funded by the Boxer Indemnity: the west teaching block was built for Cuiwen Middle School and taken over in 1925. The east block came from the Cuizhen girls' school, closed in 1938, and the office building was formerly the tuberculosis ward of Daoji Hospital, transferred in 1954.
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