Ihwajang House (이화장)

Notices

Repair work is in process due to damage from heavy rain

* Re-opening planned for 2018.

Address

32, Ihwajang 1-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
서울특별시 종로구 이화장1길 32 (이화동)

Type

Old Houses/ Birth houses/Folk Villages

Inquiries

• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)

• For more info: +82-2-741-0815

Homepage

www.syngmanrhee.or.kr
(Korean only)

Introduction

After Korea gained independence from Japan in 1945, the former president Lee Seungman and his wife lived in their house called Ihwajang.
Even though he moved out of the house after he was elected the first president of Korea, he used to return and visit for walks in the garden. After he relinquished his appointment as president, he stayed here for a while before coming to America as an exile.


Ihwajang house consisted of the bonchae, or the main building, which was where Lee Seungman and his wife’s living quarters were, jogakdang(president’s office area) and other buildings.
Jogakdang, the president’s office area, is a small and narrow building but it is an important historical place where he had a conference to form the first Korean ministry.
Ihwajang house shows the change of Korean traditional house under Japanese control.



Telephone

+82-2-741-0815

Current Status

Seoul-si monument No.6 (Designated on December 28, 1982)

Closed

Weekends

Tour Course Information

Guided walking tour (3 hours)
Dongdaemun (Heunginjimun)→Seoul
castle→Biudang (Jajudongsaem) →Naksan Park (observatory) →Naksan exhibition
hall→Ihwajang

Operating Hours

10:00, 14:00, 16:00

Parking Facilities

Not available

Admission Fees

Free

Restrooms

Available

Interpretation Services Offered

Guided walking tour (available in English, Japanese, Chinese)


* Reservation

Seoul Tourism Marketing / +82-2-6925-0777 

Homepage: (dobo.visitseoul.net)

Reservation Info. for Foreigners

* Reservation required 3 days in advance.
* Inquiries: +82-2-741-0815