Located on the Xuqiu Mountain near the National Army Keelung Hospital, Zhengrong Street, Zhongzheng District, Keelung City. It was originally the "Matsumoto Memorial Hall" built by the Keelung City Hall to commemorate Keelung's contribution to building a port during the Japanese Occupation. The Matsumoto Memorial Hall started in 1935 and was completed in 1937. It was requisitioned by the military during World War II, and was later located in the military control zone for a long time, so it was called the Xuqiu Command Post. It was registered as a historic building in Keelung on October 27, 2015.
Show the changeable usage differences in the changing times
After graduating from the Department of Civil Engineering at Kyoto Imperial University, Torata Matsumoto came to Taiwan in 1906 as a technician for the Keelung Port Construction Bureau of the Governor-General of Taiwan, designing and supervising the Keelung Port Construction Project. In February 1917, he went to study in Britain and the United States for one and a half years to study the influence of seawater on reinforced concrete. Later, in July 1927, he served as a technician in the Governor's Office of Taiwan. From July 1932 to his retirement at the end of 1941, he served as the head of the Road and Harbor Section of the Transportation Bureau and the head of the Keelung Chikang branch office. The mayor of Keelung at the time initiated and organized the Matsumoto Memorial Hall Construction Committee in December 1935, and planned to build the Matsumoto Memorial Hall as a hall to receive foreign guests. The location of the Memorial Hall was selected on the terrace above the Asahigaoka Masa Town Police Station in Keelung City. Overlooking Keelung Port.
The building is a Japanese-Western eclectic style. The building area is 97 square meters and the construction cost is about 20,000 yuan. There is a statue of Matsumoto Torata made by the famous sculptor Yushima Taiki in the museum. On the opening day, Matsumoto Torata and his wife were invited to the venue and presented a certificate of appreciation. The exterior wall of the western-style building of the Matsumoto Memorial Museum is covered with yellow-brown ditch bricks, and the porch is equipped with spiral gate pillars and has many geometric windows.
The Matsumoto Memorial Hall was requisitioned as a heavy artillery company command post during the Pacific War of World War II and deployed as military installations. After World War II, it was used as a military control area for a long time. Former Taiwan Province Chairman Chen Yi and Zhang Xueliang both stayed here briefly; Marine patrol troops have also been stationed and used.
A historical hill with the main building style and natural mountain forest ecology
The Asahi Hill Command Post registered as a historical building, the reasons for its registration include:
1. Those with historical and cultural value
1. Built in the 1930s and located on Xuqiu Mountain.
2. In connection with the February 28th incident, Chen Yi was released here.
2. Those with the value of architectural history or technological history
1. The appearance presents several layers of flat roofs with different heights, upper and lower hammer windows, and ditch bricks, which are in the architectural style of the Showa period.
2. The spiral door pillars and asymmetric windows of the building's porch are unique. The side of the porch is composed of several arc-shaped columnar shapes. The plane is the most special.
3. Other people with historical architectural value
1. During the Japanese occupation, the command unit of the heavy artillery troops in the northern area was strategically related to the Keelung Fortress Headquarters and Dingshige Fort, which is of historical significance.
2. It was known as one of the eight scenic spots in Taiwan during the Japanese Occupation. It was famous for "Xuqiu Qinglan" and "Xugang Sunrise".
Revitalize and reuse as a new leisure park on Xuqiu
Starting from March 2019, the Keelung City Cultural Bureau, with the support of the project funding support of the "Great Keelung Historical Scene Reproduction Integration Project", has initiated the restoration and reuse project of the historical building Xuqiu Command Post, and completed the planning, design and approval in accordance with the provisions of the Cultural Resources Law. The procedure will start in May 2020 and implement the restoration project. The scope includes the main building, auxiliary military facilities and park landscape.
Located on the Xuqiu Mountain near the National Army Keelung Hospital, Zhengrong Street, Zhongzheng District, Keelung City. It was originally the "Matsumoto Memorial Hall" built by the Keelung City Hall to commemorate Keelung's contribution to building a port during the Japanese Occupation. The Matsumoto Memorial Hall started in 1935 and was completed in 1937. It was requisitioned by the military during World War II, and was later located in the military control zone for a long time, so it was called the Xuqiu Command Post. It was registered as a historic building in Keelung on October 27, 2015.
Show the changeable usage differences in the changing times
After graduating from the Department of Civil Engineering at Kyoto Imperial University, Torata Matsumoto came to Taiwan in 1906 as a technician for the Keelung Port Construction Bureau of the Governor-General of Taiwan, designing and supervising the Keelung Port Construction Project. In February 1917, he went to study in Britain and the United States for one and a half years to study the influence of seawater on reinforced concrete. Later, in July 1927, he served as a technician in the Governor's Office of Taiwan. From July 1932 to his retirement at the end of 1941, he served as the head of the Road and Harbor Section of the Transportation Bureau and the head of the Keelung Chikang branch office. The mayor of Keelung at the time initiated and organized the Matsumoto Memorial Hall Construction Committee in December 1935, and planned to build the Matsumoto Memorial Hall as a hall to receive foreign guests. The location of the Memorial Hall was selected on the terrace above the Asahigaoka Masa Town Police Station in Keelung City. Overlooking Keelung Port.
The building is a Japanese-Western eclectic style. The building area is 97 square meters and the construction cost is about 20,000 yuan. There is a statue of Matsumoto Torata made by the famous sculptor Yushima Taiki in the museum. On the opening day, Matsumoto Torata and his wife were invited to the venue and presented a certificate of appreciation. The exterior wall of the western-style building of the Matsumoto Memorial Museum is covered with yellow-brown ditch bricks, and the porch is equipped with spiral gate pillars and has many geometric windows.
The Matsumoto Memorial Hall was requisitioned as a heavy artillery company command post during the Pacific War of World War II and deployed as military installations. After World War II, it was used as a military control area for a long time. Former Taiwan Province Chairman Chen Yi and Zhang Xueliang both stayed here briefly; Marine patrol troops have also been stationed and used.
A historical hill with the main building style and natural mountain forest ecology
The Asahi Hill Command Post registered as a historical building, the reasons for its registration include:
1. Those with historical and cultural value
1. Built in the 1930s and located on Xuqiu Mountain.
2. In connection with the February 28th incident, Chen Yi was released here.
2. Those with the value of architectural history or technological history
1. The appearance presents several layers of flat roofs with different heights, upper and lower hammer windows, and ditch bricks, which are in the architectural style of the Showa period.
2. The spiral door pillars and asymmetric windows of the building's porch are unique. The side of the porch is composed of several arc-shaped columnar shapes. The plane is the most special.
3. Other people with historical architectural value
1. During the Japanese occupation, the command unit of the heavy artillery troops in the northern area was strategically related to the Keelung Fortress Headquarters and Dingshige Fort, which is of historical significance.
2. It was known as one of the eight scenic spots in Taiwan during the Japanese Occupation. It was famous for "Xuqiu Qinglan" and "Xugang Sunrise".
Revitalize and reuse as a new leisure park on Xuqiu
Starting from March 2019, the Keelung City Cultural Bureau, with the support of the project funding support of the "Great Keelung Historical Scene Reproduction Integration Project", has initiated the restoration and reuse project of the historical building Xuqiu Command Post, and completed the planning, design and approval in accordance with the provisions of the Cultural Resources Law. The procedure will start in May 2020 and implement the restoration project. The scope includes the main building, auxiliary military facilities and park landscape.
