The former administration office building of Kyeong-seong-bu(京城府) was a building converted from the Japanese residency-general's of Kyeong-seong(京城理事廳) which was originally built as the Japanese consulate in J oseon(日本領事館). It was too worn and too small as a Kyeong-seong-bu administration office even with several annexes. Kyeong-seong-bu tried to build a new big administration office building at the vacant north side of the same site, which was closely faced to the rotary in front of the Bank of J oseon(朝鮮銀行前廣場). But this trial was ended in vain due to insufficient budget. Therefore Kyeong-seong-bu built a new administration office building in another site and moved to it in 1926 with debts. For paying for the debts Kyeong-seong-bu sold the former site after partitioning with new roads through it. As a result the nature of the former site and its surroundings was changed. This study traces the changes and inquires how the authorities in the colonial J oseon and various commercial powers of Kyeong-seong-bu behaved for their own interests in the meantime. It makes use of the historical records and documentary literatures between early 1910s and early 1930s.

Abstract
 1. 서 론
 2. 기존부지에 신축계획 좌절과 새 부지에 신축 결정
  2-1. ‘선은전광장’에 면하는 신축 계획안
  2-2. 새 부지에 신축 결정과 신축재원 마련 방안
 3. 신축재원 마련을 위한 옛 터의 분할매각
  3-1. 옛 터의 분할과 도로 개설 및 확장
  3-2. 옛 터의 분할 매각
 4. 새 건물의 출현과 경성상업계의 대응
  4-1. 새 건물의 출현
  4-2. 경성 상업계의 대응
 5. 결 론
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