原名霍格別墅，1863年始建。因在約大校舍中排列第四，故稱(chēng)四號(hào)樓。常常與之前方的大草坪被一起提及，是華政“帳篷精神”的象征。

四號(hào)樓原名霍格別墅，于清同治二年（1863年）始建，次年基本建成，1899年完成大修。霍格別墅基地面積754平方米，建筑面積1275平方米，兩層共25個(gè)房間，樓頂筑有塔樓，可供憑眺。建筑的主要構(gòu)件為木料，木門(mén)、木窗、木柱、木梁、木地板、木樓梯、木壁爐架等。底層南側(cè)有一排3米進(jìn)深的柱廊，頂部為黑鐵皮，可供轎車(chē)直接駛至門(mén)前。

The construction of Building No.4, originally known as “the Hogg’s House”, started in 1863 and was basically completed in one year. The building went through a major repair in 1899. The Hogg’s House covered an area of 754 square meters, with a construction area of about 1275 square meters. The two-storey building had 25 rooms in total. There is a tower on its roof, where people can look as far as they wish. The main components of the building include timber, wooden doors, wooden windows, wooden pillars, wooden beams, wooden floors, and wooden mantels, etc. On the southern side of the bottom floor is a 3-meter-long colonnade with black sheet on the top, through which one can drive cars straight to the front door.

四號(hào)樓常常與之前方的大草坪被一起提及，是因?yàn)楦灿诖说?/span>“帳篷精神”。1979年華政第二次復(fù)校，迎來(lái)了第一批310名學(xué)生，然而，除了復(fù)旦分校將東風(fēng)樓歸還華政外，其他校舍仍然分別被幾家單位占用。以徐盼秋、曹漫之為首的一批黨政領(lǐng)導(dǎo)決定以學(xué)生為先，先建圖書(shū)館與教學(xué)大樓，黨政工團(tuán)的辦公用房則是由租借的5頂帳篷組成，搭建在大草坪上。帳篷內(nèi)冬冷夏炎、光線(xiàn)昏暗、空間狹小，可是大家辦學(xué)的熱情不減，學(xué)校黨委于此舉行院務(wù)會(huì)議、布置檢查工作、接待來(lái)信來(lái)訪(fǎng)人員等，一住就是數(shù)年?！皫づ窬瘛钡墓适率菍W(xué)校復(fù)校伊始艱苦創(chuàng)業(yè)的真實(shí)寫(xiě)照，也體現(xiàn)著華政人凝心聚力，為法學(xué)教育事業(yè)不懈奮斗的精神。

As the fourth building on the campus of St John’s University, it is known as Building No.4, standing together with the grand lawn in front of it, because the “Tent Spirit” that originated here has inspired generations of students. In 1979, the second reopening of ECUPL welcomed the first batch of 310 students. However, except East Wind Building, which was returned to ECUPL by the branch of Fudan University, other buildings were still occupied by other work units. The Party and administration leadership headed by Xu Panqiu and Cao Manzhi decided a library and a teaching building should be built first, and 5 rented tents set up on the lawn as the offices of the Party and administration. The dark and small tent offices were of course not very comfortable: freezing cold in winter and scorching hot in summer, but those working inside were all passionate for restarting the university. For years, in the tents, the party committee of the university held meetings on campus affairs, arranged inspections, received letters and visitors, and so on.The “Tent Spirit” is an authentic narration of the arduous pioneering efforts of the university in the early years after its reopening. It also mirrors the spirit of ECUPLers, i.e., joining hearts and hands and making unremitting efforts for the cause of legal education.