Ascending the stone steps, one can see the Environmental Building. Nearly 70 years old, during the Japanese colonial period it served as a transformer station. After WWII, it variously housed the offices of the Taiwan Metal Mining Company and Taiwan Power Company, and the Jueifang Visitor Center. It is an old building with a profound commemorative significance, and an excellent starting point for getting acquainted with Chinkuashih.
沿石梯而上，可看到「環境館」，該棟屋齡近七十年，日治時期是變電所，戰後曾是台金、台電、瑞芳風景特定區管理所辦公室，是棟深具紀念意義的老建築，也是認識金瓜石概貌的入門磚。