[Photo from exploringtianjin.com]

Our Lady of Victory Church is the predecessor of Wanghailou Church. It was built by the French Catholic Church in 1869. Imitating the Notre Dame de Paris, Wanghailou Church has a brick and wooden structure and gothic architectural style with 3 towers including a middle belfry at the front.

In 1985, the church was under reconstruction and refurbishment funded by the government of Tianjin and was open on December 8 in the same year. It was also listed as one of the national key cultural relics protection units in 1988.