S2023-212c
광주문화예술인문스토리플랫폼
In Life and in Death: Housing Practices Over Time 》The Introduction of Western Residential Housing: Missionary Wilson's House
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- Missionary Wilson's House
- Missionary Wilson's House's is the oldest Western-style house in Gwangju, said to have been built in 1920 by the American missionary Robert M. Wilson (1880-1963), who was the second director of Jechungwon Hospital (which later became Severance Hospital). The two-story grey brick building is currently used as the office of the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in Korea.
- Chunghyeonwon, an orphanage led by Bak Sun-i, first began at Missionary Wilson's House following the Korean Ware (1950-1953).
- Today, the house is used as a venue for the Jeong Yul-seong Music Festival, as is the nearby Leeleenam Studio.
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