Sugodang

Located in Imgye-myeon, Jeongseon-gun, Sugodang was built by Sugodang Yi Ja, who served as a sajŏnggong jochamŭi during the reign of King Sukjong of the Joseon Dynasty and returned to Jeongseon, naming the building after his pen name. It was a place where documents were compiled and is an annex building located outside Yi Wi House (Dongmakdaek). The building has natural-stone foundation stones set on a two-tiered foundation of dressed stone, with pillars erected on them. It is a three-bay-wide and two-bay-deep structure with a round-purlin, five-beam-frame, hipped-and-gabled tiled roof. The floor is an open wooden-floor system, the front bay is in the form of a toecheong, and a stone room used as a library occupies one bay on the right side of the basement. The stone room measures 3 m × 1.8 m and is 1.9 m deep. Its ceiling, walls, and floor are finished with 30 cm-thick compacted lime. In particular, the floor was finished with compacted lime over granite and given a slope to prevent condensation on the ceiling. The space above the ceiling is used as an attic; although it is made of wood, it was finished again with lime, making it safe even in the event of a fire. The walls are finished with plaster over earthen walls, while the beams and purlins are made of smoothly rounded wood with janghyeo supports. The main beam is 50 cm thick, demonstrating its sturdiness. The windows and doors are four-panel folding doors with meoreum supports at the top and bottom, while the north side has a two-panel hinged door woven with a frame lattice. In 1987, the building was completely dismantled and repaired as part of a project funded by the national government.

(Source: Gangwon State Government)