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Yi Huitae House - 이희태 가옥 (李熙太 家屋) (built 1733 onward)

This house was established by Yi Jejung, the sixth-generation heir of Yi Eonjeok, and later purchased by Yi Jowon, grandfather of Yi Huitae. His descendant is presently living in this house, and recently had the house extensively renovated in 2001. The whole structure was dismantled piece-by-piece and damaged components were replaced.

The house was originally constructed in the 9th year of King Yeongjo (1733) of the Joseon Kingdom and dubbed 'Dugok House' after the pen name of Yi Jowon. This is a representative large house in the southern portion of Yangdong and has a basic square structure. The house consists of a main house, a detached reception hall and an outhouse as well as a door house, a servant house and a barn. There is a barn on the right side and a vestibule on the left side of the door house. There is a shed on the left side of the door (to the west), which is said to make up for a geomantically or aesthetically weak point in the house because the west side of the house is low and weak.

The thatch-roofed mill behind the kitchen houses a mortar worked by foot. It is one of only a few such mortars that remain in the village.

At present, the house is now designated Dugok House - 두곡 고택 (杜谷 古宅).

Address: 경북 경주시 강동면 양동리 35.

(Designated Important Folklore Material #77).