A Japanese colonial era timber house in West District, Taichung, built by a private owner on land leased from the Taichung Prefecture government. Descendants of the Wufeng Lin family (霧峰林家) acquired it in 1961 but the residence changed hands several more times before passing to the city government in 2012. It stands beside the site of Xianguang No. 7 Village, a military dependents’ village. It was registered as a historic building in 2016 as the last well-preserved Japanese timber dormitory within the immediate vicinity of Taichung Prefecture Hall, near the Datun District Office. It has yet to be restored and activated.
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- Status:Idle (閒置)
- Heritage designation:Historic Building (歷史建築)
- Address:臺中市西區民生路56巷1號
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Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
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.