Choe Sun-u’s House in Seongbuk-dong, Seoul

서울 성북동 최순우 가옥 · 서울 城北洞崔淳雨家屋

Registered Cultural HeritageColonial Period · 1930

Choe Sun-u’s House in Seongbuk-dong, Seoul — Korea Heritage Service · khs.go.kr

KOGL Type 1 — Korea Heritage Service · khs.go.kr

This is a house believed to have been built in the 1930s, a typical Gyeonggi-style hanok (traditional Korean house) with an open square ('ㅁ'-shaped) floor plan. Hyegok Choe Sun-u lived here from 1976 to 1984. The main house (anchae) contains a sarangbang (reception room), anbang (main room), daecheong (wooden-floored hall), and geonneonbang (room across the hall), while the outer house (bakkatchae) is now used as an exhibition room and office.

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Region: Seongbuk-gu, Seoul
Designation: Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산

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