Ji San Historic House, Yeongcheon

This is the head house of Jo Ho-ik, a civil official under King Seonjo of Joseon who distinguished himself as a somogwan, an officer who recruited and organised volunteer troops, during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598). Records stating that Jo Ho-ik moved to Jisan village around 1603 suggest that the house was built at around that time. In its layout, the straight ('一'-shaped) main house faces south, with an 'ㄴ'-shaped men's quarters to its front left and a straight storage building to the right, the whole forming a square ('ㅁ'-shaped) house. On separate, slightly higher ground to the north-east, the shrine stands enclosed by a stone-and-earth wall. The men's quarters is an 'ㄴ'-shaped, gabled building four bays wide and four bays deep, with a total floor area of 13.18 pyeong; it is a three-purlin-frame building with square-sectioned posts set on a rough-stone platform. The main house is a straight, hip-and-gable-roofed building five bays wide and two bays deep, and the shrine is a gabled building three bays wide and one bay deep.

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Yeongcheon, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산