The buildings were once commonplace in all the surrounding towns, but as those other places developed, while Ts-hsi went through years of slower progress due to a change in its economy, the buildings were torn down in the neighboring towns, and preserved in Ta-hsi, which makes the remaining.
萬華、淡水、三峽、汐止、湖口… … 一帶，也零落留有類似建築；大溪和平路之所以吸引最多人前來探訪，乃因它是當時開風氣之先的第一批牌樓街屋。同時期台北、淡水的同類建築，在後來大舉開發時，多已翻造一新，難覓舊跡。