Boeun Government Office

A dongheon, also called an aheon, was the main building of a local government office, where the provincial governor or magistrate handled official business during the Joseon dynasty. The exact date this one was built is not known, but it is said to have been repaired during the reign of King Sunjo (r. 1800–1834). It was used for a time as Boeun Police Station, and although its interior structure was much altered as a result, it is presumed to have been built around the end of the seventeenth century. The building is a single storey, seven bays wide and three bays deep, with a hip-and-gable roof whose sides form the shape of the character for "eight" (八). The interior has a distinctive plan: the front bay is entirely wooden flooring, the four bays to the right form a daecheong (open wooden-floored hall), and the three bays to the left contain ondol (heated) rooms. Within the daecheong, the easternmost bay and the rear section are raised to form a nu-maru, an elevated wooden floor that is a characteristic feature of dongheon buildings of the late Joseon period. Together with Taein Government Office, it is one of the dongheon buildings notable for its varied spatial composition and the decorative treatment of its windows and doors.

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Region

Boeun, Chungbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산