A black-tiled Western-style residence built in 1953 to house American military personnel and officials of the Sino-American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction (農復會) during the period of direct US-ROC cooperation. Like the nearby USAID Dormitories on Chang’an East Road, the building style is blends American suburban housing style with local characteristics. It is still in use as government housing, though it was listed as a historic building in 2015.
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Heritage Status
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
Links
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Themes
- US-ROC Alliance Period (中美共同時期)
Connections
- Chang’an East Road USAID Dormitories (長安東路美援宿舍群)
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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.