Former Incheon Post Office구 인천우체국

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The Former Incheon Post Office in Hang-dong, Incheon, is a building that handled postal services during the Japanese colonial period. It was completed on December 10, 1923. Built as a modern building for postal work, it was one of the larger government office buildings of its time, an imposing structure with a total floor area of 1,787㎡ (about 540 pyeong). When it opened it was called the Incheon Postal Office, and in August 1949, after Korea's liberation, it was renamed Incheon Post Office. The building has a brick structure with concrete floors. On the exterior, granite was laid in two courses only along the base of the walls, while the upper part uses mortar shaped to look like stone. The building is also notable for its simplified version of the eclectic architectural style popular at the time it was built. Large tower-like pillars stand on both sides of the entrance, with several columns without capitals (the decorative tops of columns that support the brackets) set between them. Government office buildings of that era usually had a dome-shaped rooftop tower, but this building omits it, and its floor plan and details depart somewhat from the standard form. Part of the building was damaged during the Korean War, and restoration, including replacing the slab roof with slate, was completed in 1957. (Source: Incheon Tour)