In 1999, after review by a panel of experts, then-mayor of Taichung Chang Wen-ing announced that Huxin Pavilion and the neighboring Zhongshan Bridge were to be made official city historical sites.
民國 88 年（1999 年），經過學者專家評估，當時台中市長張溫鷹正式公告，將湖心亭和鄰近的中山橋訂為「市定古蹟」。