The former residence of Chia-kan Yen, in Bo'ai Special Zone, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan, was the official residence of Chia-kan Yen, the fifth president of the Republic of China, and is now a national monument.
The former residence of Chia-kan Yen was initially the official residence of the vice president of the Bank of Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period,周美惠、何振忠. 嚴家淦故居籲提報古蹟. 聯合報. 2000-04-01. with a total area of 843.73 ping (2788m2).王蘭芬. 留住歷史 保存嚴家淦故居. 民生報. 2000-04-01. The building's main body is a Western-style two-story building謝素娟. 小檔案 嚴家淦故居 房齡85載 和洋並存. 聯合晚報. 2001-09-06. with a prominent steeple on the roof.鍾泓良. 嚴家淦紀念園區 住宅區變更為保存區. 自由時報. 2017-06-15 [2021-06-09]. (原始內容存檔於2021-06-08).郭美瑜. 國定古蹟嚴家淦故居 嚴家淦先生寄予深情. 中央日報. 2006-04-29. The building area is more than 200 ping (660m2). An additional Japanese-style wooden house was built in 1920. The wall surrounding the building collapsed by 20 meters in the 1963 Su-ao earthquake.四處大驚 十餘傷亡 猛震區均慶無恙 僅少數崩山塌牆 砸了蘑菇 垮了竹屋 碎了玻璃 破了酒缸. 聯合報. 1963-02-14. The garden trees were planted during the Japanese colonial period. Most of these trees are native Taiwanese species such as ring-cupped oak, subcostate crape myrtle, banyan trees, and liquidambar. There are also three green maples of large diameter.陳盈珊. 樹口普查 日式宿舍尋寶 第一站會勘嚴家淦故居 發現許多原生種珍貴植物. 中國時報. 2000-09-26. The Western-style cement walls are topped with East Asian-style brick eaves. The building's interior is also decorated in Western style with East Asian-style beams.潘彥妃. 嚴家淦故居及大同之家 北市府通過為市定古蹟. 聯合報. 2000-04-19. The first floor of the building includes a reception room, a large dining room, and a Japanese-style wing. The second floor consists of a study, bedroom, and living room.邵冰如. 百年老屋處處寶貝. 聯合晚報. 2000-03-31.
Chia-kan Yen took over this residence from the Japanese government in 1945 when he was a member of the National Government's Taiwan Taking-over Committee. He became the chairman of the Bank of Taiwan the following year and moved there.謝錦芳、何榮幸、黃哲斌、高有智. 嚴家淦教嚴雋泰「無聲勝有聲」. 中國時報. 2008-11-30. When Yen was elected vice president, the Office of the President bought the residence from the Bank of Taiwan in lieu of his presence.邵冰如. 被迫下月搬家 嚴家淦遺物可能運往大陸 嚴家的無奈 擬將故居改成文物紀念館 大選後突遭否決 嚴家的掙扎 面對台灣無心 蘇州卻相對一頭熱爭取 數千件文物可能根落大陸. 聯合晚報. 2000-03-31.
On July 17, 2001, the National Historic Site Inspection Committee of the Ministry of the Interior approved what it termed Mr. Chia-kan Yen’s Former Residence as a National Historic Site.楊羽雯. 嚴家淦故居審定為國定古蹟. 聯合報. 2001-07-18.
See also
President of the Republic of China Office of the President (Taiwan) Presidential Office Building, Taipei Official Residence of the President (Republic of China) Shilin Official Residence Seven Seas Residence
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