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Former Missionary Residence of Jeongmyeong Girls’ Middle School, Mokpo

목포 정명여자중학교 구 선교사 사택 ( 木浦 貞明女子中學校 舊 宣敎師 舍宅 )

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Classification National Registered Cultural Heritage
Name of Cultural Properties Former Missionary Residence of Jeongmyeong Girls’ Middle School, Mokpo
Quantity One Building 156.9㎡
Designated Date 2003.06.30
Age 1912
Address 45, Samil-ro, Mokpo, Jeollanam-do

Established in 1912
This building was constructed as residence for missionary from U.S. Southern Presbyterian. Until 1990, it was used as residence for the school’s principal. It is now used as 100th anniversary memorial hall and music room of Jeongmyeong Girls’ High School. This building is unique in that it was built with granite stones and not red bricks which were the typical materials of the time. It is the oldest stone building remaining in Mokpo, and it was built in modernism architectural style with elaborate processing of materials obtained from nearby rocky mountains of Mokpo.