This building, which is located on Taipei's Chungshan North Road, was built in 1901. In the period of Japanese colonial rule it was the US Consulate. After the US and ROC broke off diplomatic relations it was left unattended and after almost two decades of neglect it was in a parlous state, with trees growing through the walls and holes in the roof.
這棟位於台北中山北路上的建築建於一九○一年，日據時代就是美國領事館，可是從中美斷交後即遭棄置，二十年下來早已樹木穿牆，屋頂也成了「透天厝」。