Completed in 1934 by Wang Lianhe (王連河), this neo-Baroque shophouse was a combined office, warehouse, and tea factory. After the tea industry collapsed due to foreign competition in the 1960s it was rented out for other purposes but after it was awarded heritage status in 2009 some effort has been invested in restoring the space to showcase its original purpose.
Map
Heritage Status
- Municipal Monument (直轄市定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Minyang Fusion Architecture (閩洋折衷式樣建築)
- Baroque Revival Architecture (巴洛克復興建築)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.