Min Family House in Gwanhun-dong관훈동 민씨 가옥 (구 부마도위박영효가옥)

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Located at 30-1 Gwanhun-dong, the Min Family House was home to the family of Min Yeong-hwi, a politician of the late Joseon period who is listed in the Dictionary of Pro-Japanese Collaborators. Min, a late-Joseon official who amassed enormous wealth, moved from Anguk-dong to Gyo-dong in 1895 and bought land around Gwanhun-dong for his family to live on. As of 1936 there appear to have been six wooden tile-roofed buildings and a two-story Western-style house, but some were lost in 1976, leaving only two wooden tile-roofed buildings: part of the main living quarters and the gate quarters. The house was designated a Seoul Folk Cultural Heritage in 1977. Min Yeong-hwi, his principal wife Lady Daebang of the Pyeongsan Sin clan, and his adopted eldest son Min Hyeong-sik lived in Gyeongun-dong, while his concubine Lady Haeju, An Yu-pung, and her son Min Dae-sik lived in Gwanhun-dong, and their children also settled together around Gyeongun-dong and Gwanhun-dong. Min's descendants owned 30 Gwanhun-dong until the 1970s; after auctions and sales, ownership passed to Kyungin Museum of Fine Art in 1986. While it was owned by the museum, from 1995 to 1998, part of the main living quarters and the gate quarters were moved to Namsangol Hanok Village and restored, where they stand today.