Hong Geon-ik House in Pirun-dong

The Hong Geon-ik House in Pirun-dong comprises five timber-framed, tile-roofed buildings, a single-leaf gate in the rear garden, and one circular stone well. Tradition holds that the site was once the residence of Yi Hang-bok (pen name Baeksa, 1556–1618), but it is thought that the existing buildings were newly built by Hong Geon-ik between 1934 and 1936, after the earlier house on the plot was demolished in 1934. Before Hong Geon-ik rebuilt the house, the site (467 pyeong in total) was occupied by Ko Yeong-ju (1839–?), a reform-minded thinker who had been a government interpreter, and later by Sim Jae-hong, the maternal grandson of Han Gyu-seol, a minister of the Korean Empire who had opposed to the end the conclusion of the Eulsa Treaty. After Hong Geon-ik purchased the site in 1934, the present buildings were completed by 1936. The Hong Geon-ik House is laid out across a narrow site on a low hill, appropriately divided into tiers. From front to back stand, in order, the main gate and gate wing, the servants' quarters, the men's quarters and middle-gate wing, the main house, and a detached wing.

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Where it is

Region

Jongno-gu, Seoul

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산