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Built in 1925 as the office of the Guiren Credit Purchasing and Sales Cooperative (保證責任歸仁信用購買販賣利用組合), an Art Deco style building that served as the predecessor of the Guiren Farmers’ Association. It was reorganized several times after the war, operating as the township farmers’ association until 1967 when operations moved to a new building. The old office was eventually repurposed as a furniture store. The façade and parts of the structure were damaged in the February 2016 Meinong earthquake, and the farmers’ association initially planned demolition, but the building was designated a historic building later that year and is now slated for restoration.
Map
Heritage Status
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
Recorded On
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)
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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.