Missionary Preston’s House, Suncheon

Built around 1913, this building was constructed as the residence of Preston, an American Southern Presbyterian missionary who carried out mission work in the Suncheon area, and it is now used as a language classroom at Maesan Girls' High School. Its external walls are built of granite and topped with Korean-style roof tiles, an eclectic Korean-Western form, and the building's width and height are set in a ratio of nearly 1:1 — features found in missionary houses of the Suncheon and Gwangju areas. The building is valued as architecture through which the history and housing styles of missionaries active in the Suncheon area in the early 1900s can be examined.

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Where it is

Region

Suncheon, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산