Although the building Smith is trying to save now, which was built in 1950, is not a very old building and has no special place in the collective memory of Taipei people, it is still valuable as a reminder of Taipei's cultural history in the years after retrocession.
對於這排建於民國三十九年的宿舍，史康迪認為它雖然不是什麼了不起的古建築，也沒有承載什麼難忘的記憶，但畢竟代表台灣光復初期的台北歷史文化。