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Designed by modernist architect Chen Qikuan (陳其寬) and completed in 1962, the front building was originally a single dormitory for female faculty at Tunghai University (東海大學). It was built with funds raised by then-president Wu Deyao (吳德耀) from the Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service. A second identical dormitory was added behind it in 1968 and the two structures became jointly known as Wesley Building (衛理樓). The plain white exteriors earned them the campus nickname Women’s White House (女白宮). The front building was converted into a multipurpose event space and renamed Wesley House (衛理會館) in 2014, earning heritage status in 2017.
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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)
Themes
- Education History in Taiwan (臺灣教育史)
- Christianity in Taiwan (臺灣基督教)
- Modernist Architecture in Taiwan (台灣現代主義建築)
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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.