A Japanese colonial era dormitory built around 1930, tucked into an alley beside the former Caoshan Imperial Guesthouse (草山御賓館). Its original occupants and purpose are unknown, but after the war it became staff housing for the Institute of Revolutionary Practice (革命實踐研究院), a KMT ideological training body whose employees formed a tight-knit community resembling a military dependents’ village along Xinyuan Street. The compound remains largely intact behind and was registered as a historic building in 2022. It is undergoing restoration work as of mid-2026.
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Heritage Status
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
Recorded On
Links
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Facebook: Lu Sizhi (呂思志)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
- Taiwan Military Villages (台灣眷村)
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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.