A seowon is a local private educational organization of the Joseon Dynasty where memorial services were held for great people and Confucianism was taught. Dodongseowon Confucian Academy was established and originally named Ssanggyeseowon in 1568, the first year of the reign of King Seonjo, in order to commemorate the scholarship and virtue of a great scholar, Kim Goeng-pil (pen name Mungyeonggong). It was burnt down in the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592, and a shrine was built on the same spot as the present academy in 1604, the 37th year of King Seonjo, who in 1607 granted a hanging board inscribed ‘Dodongseowon’ written by himself. Jungjeongdang Lecture Hall, the auditorium mainly used for ceremonies and education, consists of five kan (a unit of measurement referring to the distance between two columns) at the front and two and half kan at the side. It has a gable roof called matbaejibung. This is the jusimpo style in which the column-heads, or gongpo, decorate the top of each pillar supporting the eaves. The last two kan at the left and right has ondol (floor heating system) and there is a small toemmaru (narrow wooden floor) at the front respectively. The three kan in the middle correspond to a main wooden floor that is connected with the two toemmaru. The shrine, main building of the space for holding memorial services, consists of three kan at the front and three kan at the side, and it enshrines the ancestral tablet of Kim Goeng-pil. The style with the roof and the gongpo set up shows matbaejibung with the jusimpo style like the auditorium, and the front three kan each have two wooden board doors attached. The walls surrounding the auditorium are very beautifully decorated using tiles. This is a traditional seowon structure built in a simple and frugal way in the mid Joseon Dynasty, and a cultural asset that should be preserved well.