Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) Building on Namdaemun-ro, Seoul

서울 남대문로 한국전력공사 사옥 · 서울 南大門路 韓國電力公社 社屋

Registered Cultural HeritageColonial Period · 1928
Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) Building on Namdaemun-ro, Seoul
KOGL Type 4Korea Heritage Service · khs.go.kr

This is a full-scale office building erected in central Seoul in the late 1920s as the headquarters of the Gyeongseong Electric Company. Two storeys were added after Liberation, and the building is now used as the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) Building. It made use of Korea's first fire-resistant and earthquake-resistant design, along with features such as an elevator and glass blocks as building materials.

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Jung-gu, Seoul
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Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산
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