Yeosan Government Office

This is a government office building of Yeosan-bu from the Joseon period; it was later converted for use as the Yeosan Post Office, and is now used as a senior citizens' community hall. It measures five bays across the front and three bays to the side, and is roofed with an ornate hip-and-gable (paljak) roof whose eaves flare out in the shape of the character 八. On a low platform, round foundation stones about 90 cm high were set beneath the front and left sides, while lower foundation stones were set on the sloping rear and right sides. Rather than being fitted with ornamental gongpo brackets to support the roof eaves, the building was built in the plain mindori style, without such brackets, and toekan, narrow additional bays, were placed at both front and back. The two bays on the right form an ondol room heated by a floor-flue system, and the rest form a daecheong, a wood-floored hall; where the ondol room is located, the foundation stones are higher, so that a person could go in beneath the floor to light the fire. The walls and window frames have all been converted to glass windows, so that the building has lost its original form. Although Yeosan Government Office has lost its original appearance, it is a valuable cultural heritage, since government office buildings of this kind survive only rarely across the country.

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Where it is

Region

Iksan, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산