Construction of the Taipei Guest House began in April of 1899 and was completed on 26th September 1901. It then underwent several renovations in the period leading up to Taiwan's retrocession, the largest of which (1911 to 1913) gave the guest house's interior space its current size. The Taipei Guest House was mainly used by the Governor throughout the Japanese occupation as a venue to receive important foreign guests, and to receive local dignitaries to demonstrate the Governor's friendliness to the local people. ......