The mayor’s residence was originally called "Keelungguan Taxation Department Official Residence (Ancient House of Linfan King)". Located at No. 261, Zhongzheng Road, Zhongzheng District, Keelung City, this house was built around 1932 and was announced as a historic site in Keelung City on November 24, 2006.
The historical site itself was built as a Matsuura community house in the early days of the Japanese occupation, and as a dormitory for the mayor and city government staff after World War II. The space and architectural styles of the historical site have been remodeled (built) in response to different era backgrounds. This building reflects the suburban residential area of Dashawan in Keelung. Typical architectural and environmental characteristics, from the Japanese occupation period to after the Liberation period, although the users are different, the architectural and environmental characteristics still roughly maintain the beauty of the single-family buildings in the recreational resort area of Dashawan.
Japanese-Western mixed first-floor single-family house building
During the Japanese Occupation, the reason why the builders chose Masa Town to build the Matsuura community house was to satisfy the Matsuura family’s increasingly westernized residential function and to demonstrate Matsuura’s position as a local elite. He also hoped to draw on the scenery of mountains and seas. Let the Matsuura community house become an important base for the Matsuura family members themselves and their friends to socialize and enjoy a leisurely and elegant life together. The Matsuura community house, which is deeply stained with colonial modernity, has a unique social and spirituality. , And implement it as an important connotation of construction.
In the room space design, it corresponds to the westernization of the Matsuura house, but still retains the daily needs of the traditional Japanese house to a certain extent. The construction of the Matsuura house basically adopts the high-bed construction method commonly used in Japanese architecture. The part uses the word "Tian" to configure the seat, room, secondary room, and dining hall that are most needed in traditional Japanese family life. The wooden structure of the shaft group and the cabin group separated by the ceiling is matched with the flexible use of real walls and shoji. It surrounds these spaces and emphasizes the interpersonal nature of these spaces, which is based on family group life; at the same time, on this basis, it is equipped with symbolic components such as nine xiong wood The space is "between the beds" and "off the shed", and it demonstrates the spirituality of this house inherited from the tradition of building homes in academies.
The indoor space features include: double main columns, double-sided sides, and both Japanese and Western-style indoor spaces. The delicate treatment of bamboo weaving can be seen from the nine-xiong wood and illegal shed ceilings, and the construction here also highlights the unique social status of Matsuura Xinping as the branch manager.
The restoration of the city’s historic site was completed on December 23, 2013; it opened on January 29, 2014 and is now open for public viewing.
The mayor’s residence was originally called "Keelungguan Taxation Department Official Residence (Ancient House of Linfan King)". Located at No. 261, Zhongzheng Road, Zhongzheng District, Keelung City, this house was built around 1932 and was announced as a historic site in Keelung City on November 24, 2006.
The historical site itself was built as a Matsuura community house in the early days of the Japanese occupation, and as a dormitory for the mayor and city government staff after World War II. The space and architectural styles of the historical site have been remodeled (built) in response to different era backgrounds. This building reflects the suburban residential area of Dashawan in Keelung. Typical architectural and environmental characteristics, from the Japanese occupation period to after the Liberation period, although the users are different, the architectural and environmental characteristics still roughly maintain the beauty of the single-family buildings in the recreational resort area of Dashawan.
Japanese-Western mixed first-floor single-family house building
During the Japanese Occupation, the reason why the builders chose Masa Town to build the Matsuura community house was to satisfy the Matsuura family’s increasingly westernized residential function and to demonstrate Matsuura’s position as a local elite. He also hoped to draw on the scenery of mountains and seas. Let the Matsuura community house become an important base for the Matsuura family members themselves and their friends to socialize and enjoy a leisurely and elegant life together. The Matsuura community house, which is deeply stained with colonial modernity, has a unique social and spirituality. , And implement it as an important connotation of construction.
In the room space design, it corresponds to the westernization of the Matsuura house, but still retains the daily needs of the traditional Japanese house to a certain extent. The construction of the Matsuura house basically adopts the high-bed construction method commonly used in Japanese architecture. The part uses the word "Tian" to configure the seat, room, secondary room, and dining hall that are most needed in traditional Japanese family life. The wooden structure of the shaft group and the cabin group separated by the ceiling is matched with the flexible use of real walls and shoji. It surrounds these spaces and emphasizes the interpersonal nature of these spaces, which is based on family group life; at the same time, on this basis, it is equipped with symbolic components such as nine xiong wood The space is "between the beds" and "off the shed", and it demonstrates the spirituality of this house inherited from the tradition of building homes in academies.
The indoor space features include: double main columns, double-sided sides, and both Japanese and Western-style indoor spaces. The delicate treatment of bamboo weaving can be seen from the nine-xiong wood and illegal shed ceilings, and the construction here also highlights the unique social status of Matsuura Xinping as the branch manager.
The restoration of the city’s historic site was completed on December 23, 2013; it opened on January 29, 2014 and is now open for public viewing.
