Gangwongamyeong Seonhwa Hall, Wonju

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.2157

Category

Architecture

Era

조선시대

Designated year

2021

Location

원주시, 강원특별자치도— 강원도 원주시 원일로 77 (일산동)

Coordinates

37.348391, 127.950071Kakao address conversion

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'Wonju Gangwon Provincial Governor's Office Seonhwadang' functions as the Gangwon Provincial Governor's Office principal administrative office (正堂) where centrally-dispatched provincial inspectors (Gwanchalk) conducted governance. Notably, Gangwon Provincial Governor's Office represents the sole surviving provincial governor's office preserving the original entrance gate (Pojungmun), maintaining the hierarchic significance of the critical access-space within provincial governor's office essential structural composition. Historical documents indicate 1665-1667 construction period with floor-planning comprising seven-bays front, four-bays-side, two-main-pillar seven-rafter gable-roof structure employing layered eaves with rounded ridge-finish, ridge-terminal decorative dragons, interior and side-eave decorative roof-end ornaments, establishing formal architectural standards. Comparative floor-plan structures demonstrate provincial governor's office Seonhwadang consistency with other regional examples; distinctive characteristics differentiate Wonju Seonhwadang as ranking among the largest-scale of six southern-province provincial governor's office Seonhwadangs, preserving the original location despite subsequent repairs and urban development, with 1875 reconstruction-period documentation identifying specific bracket-work designations such as 'jusampo' establishing detailed technical evidence. Post-1667 reconstruction maintaining primary timber-framework original form, Gangwon Provincial Governor's Office Seonhwadang exemplifies advanced-rank administrative architecture representing superior formality-period design, substantially preserving principal-administrative-architecture characteristics merit designation as nationally designated heritage (Treasure) warranting preservation value.

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