The oldest building in the headquarters compound of the Tatung Company (大同公司), built before 1945 by its predecessor, the Tatung Iron Works (大同鐵工所). A three-storey red brick structure, it is noted for its finely worked arches, sliding ventilation windows, bookcases built into the load-bearing walls, and a western-style roof. It was sensitively renovated in 2008 and listed as a historic building in 2018 but isn’t ordinarily open to the public.
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)
- 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.