Japanese Colonial Baroque · Japanese colonial period · Built ~1919
Original file name: 20230701 174916
This imposing building features red brick facades articulated by rusticated stone quoins, pilasters, and elaborate window surrounds with arched and rectangular openings arranged in rhythmic bays. A mansard-style dome is visible at the roofline, characteristic of the Western Baroque influence adopted in Japanese colonial institutional architecture in Taiwan. The ornate ironwork fence with fleur-de-lis finials and the grand horizontal massing further reinforce its identity as a major colonial-era government building, consistent with structures such as the Office of the Taiwan Governor-General.
