Annaka Church Missionary House (Former Beken Residence)

A Missionary House of 1954 with a Bay Window

The Annaka Church Missionary House (Former Beken Residence) (日本基督教団安中教会宣教師館（旧ベーケン邸）) is a house with a bay window and three chimneys that carries on the style of Meiji and Taisho missionary houses of 1954 in Annaka, Annaka City, Gunma Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on November 8, 2004 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a two-storey timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 82 square metres; registration number 10-0122.

A Bay Window and Chimneys

The missionary house of Annaka Church, south-west of Onkotei, is a house of 1954, also known as the former Beken Residence, and one of the church's ancillary buildings (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Of two storeys in timber with a gabled pantile roof, it has English-style clapboards on the ground floor and mortar above.

With a bay window on the south side and three chimneys rising from the roof, it carries on the style of the missionary houses of foreign missionaries in the Meiji and Taisho eras (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.

What to Look For

At the missionary house, look for the bay window on the south side and the three chimneys on the roof (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

The four buildings are owned by the Annaka Church of the United Church of Christ in Japan (Agency for Cultural Affairs). It is a working church, and no official information on visiting was found. The four buildings are introduced together on the Annaka Church page.