There is a building within the grounds of Tainan First High School that used to be the official residence of the mayor of Tainan under Japanese rule. Because the building combines Japanese and Western features, making it quite special, the Tainan Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage plans to restore the mayor’s residence to its original condition.
The mayor was the highest-ranking administrative official of the Tainan district in the early years of Japanese rule. Four years ago, the Tainan mayor’s dormitory was listed as a municipal relic. The residence was built at a time when Western things were fashionable in Japan, so the residence’s wooden structure is quite elegantly modeled on the Western classical order, while at the same time retaining features of Japanese-style architecture. The residence and dormitory rank along with the Taipei Guest House, a national historic site, among important officials’ residences of the early period of Japanese rule.
Incidentally, in the course of their repair work, the restorers discovered a corner of a Japanese newspaper poking out from some concrete among the broken bricks and tiles in a corridor. However, because the newspaper is stuck in the concrete, which cannot be broken open, there is currently no way of knowing what the newspaper contains, and it is not known which newspaper from those days it actually is.
Photo: Wang Chieh, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者王捷
(Liberty Times, translated by Julian Clegg)
台南一中有一棟建築物,日治時期曾是台南廳長官邸,由於建物採用日、西合併,相當特殊,台南文化資產管理處預計將把廳長官邸還原。
廳長是日治初期台南地區最高行政長官,台南廳長的宿舍在四年前被指定為市定古蹟。當時在建造官邸時,正逢日本建築吹洋風盛行的年代,因此官邸以木結構仿作西洋古典柱式,十分精緻,同時也保留和式建築的特色。官邸宿舍與國定古蹟台北賓館均屬日治時代早期重要官員的宅邸。
Photo: Wang Chieh, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者王捷
另外,修復人員在整修時,在廊道碎磚瓦混泥土中發現露出日治時期的報紙一角,但由於在報紙卡在混泥土中,也無法破壞。目前無法知道報紙的內容,也不曉得是當時的哪一份報紙。
(自由時報記者王捷)
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