Department of Cultural Affairs

Taipei Third Girls’ High School (Taipei Municipal Zhongshan Girls’ High School)

Taipei Municipal Zhongshan Girls’ High School was the first girls’ high school in Taiwan. Originally founded in the Shilin district of Taipei, it was later relocated to Neijiang St. in Wanhua, at which time it was renamed Taipei Third Girls’ High School. Countless future leaders of society have passed through its gates.
The school is an excellent example of Taiwan’s early modern design movement of the 1930s. Based on a reinforced concrete structure, its innovative design featured simply and gracefully proportioned windows and doors, an exterior blending vertical and horizontal lines, classroom corridors with lockers, and flooring of superior workmanship. It stands as a representative work of secondary educational architecture in Taiwan.