A two-storey baroque-style mansion built by three Chen brothers in the late 1920s. It stands in the back lanes of Taiye (太爺), a village in northern Hunei whose name derives from the honorific for a Qing dynasty militia head. The building is said to be the first Western-style mansion in the area. Its three-bay symmetrical façade features a separate entrance and staircase for each brother.
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- Status:Abandoned (廢墟)
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- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Urban Exploration
- Urban Exploration in Taiwan (台灣城市探險)
- 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.