Throughout the first decade of the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, the Governor-General's Office was temporarily housed in the former offices of the Ching dynasty civil and financial administrator for Taiwan (this structure was located close to the present site of the Taipei City police headquarters and Chungshan Hall; it was demolished in 1931 and parts of it reerected in the Botanical Gardens, where they are now classed as a class ='Qword'>Class 2 national monument).
日本據台十年，一直以清朝的「台灣布政使司衙門」為暫用總督府（此建築位於現在的台北市警察局與中山堂附近，於一九三一年拆除，部分搬至植物園重組，現在列為台灣二級古蹟）。