A two-story Western-style brick mansion with an attached Japanese-style wooden wing, originally built as the official residence of the governer of the Bank of Taiwan during the Japanese colonial era and possibly designed by Nomura Ichirō (野村一郎). After the war it was occupied by Yen Chia-kan (嚴家淦), who served as chairman of the Bank of Taiwan, premier, and eventually fifth President of the Republic of China following the death of Chiang Kai-shek in 1975. The property sits inside the heavily restricted Bo’ai Special Zone (博愛特區) surrounding the Presidential Office and is not open to the public.
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Heritage Status
- National Monument (國定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
Connections
- Datong House (大同之家)
- Taipei Freedom House (自由之家)
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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.