A small European-style church built in 1963 to serve US soldiers stationed at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (清泉崗空軍基地) as it expanded into one of the most important American military footholds in East Asia. The project was shepherded by base commander Chiang Wei-kuo (蔣緯國), the adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek, with fundraising led by Swedish missionaries of the China Holiness Mission. It was registered as a historic building in 2017.
Map
Heritage Status
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Taiwan Religious Cultural Map (臺灣宗教文化地圖)
Themes
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
- Christianity in Taiwan (臺灣基督教)
- US-ROC Alliance Period (中美共同時期)
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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.