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5 Appenzeller/Noble Memorial
4 Saemoonan Church
(Pai Chai Hakdang) Museum

79 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu http://www.saemoonan.org
19 Seosomun-ro 11-gil, Jung-gu appenzeller.pcu.ac.kr

Pai Chai Hakdang (a boys’ school) was founded in August 1885 by H. G. Appenzeller, American
North Methodist missionary. It is the predecessor of Pai Chai University and Pai Chai
Middle & High School. Appenzeller arrived in Seoul in July 1885 and bought a house of W.
“Korea’s B. Scranton who had come a month earlier than him, and he tore down the walls of two
Mother church” rooms and use it as a classroom and began teaching two students there.
Emperor Gojong endowed its name, Pai Chai Hakdang (培材學堂) , and a sign board in June,
1886 and the number of students increased to 20 in October of that year. Appenzeller said,
“The purpose of establishing school is not to cultivate interpreters or to teach workers at
Saemoonan Church (formerly Chungdong Church)
our school but to send people who have received liberal education”, and he chose the
began at the residence of Rev. H. G. Underwood
school motto as “whoever would be great among you must be your servant.”
on Tuesday night, September 27, 1887 at 13
In addition to providing the general education, the school held speech and debate contest,
Jeongdong, Seoul (currently Yewon Middle School
and tried to cultivate people who have right thought and are physically strong as well.
playground) . As the number of church members
The printing department of Pai Chai Hakdang at that time was the beginning of modern
increased due to the chaos of society during
printing facilities in Korea. Unfortunately, many buildings here have been demolished and
Donghak Peasant Revolution and Qing–Japan
only the East building remains. It was designated as Seoul Monument No. 16 in 2001.
War in 1894, a chapel was newly built and moved
to the current Pierson Building place (the opposite site
of Seoul History Museum) .
“To send people who have received liberal education”
In October 1904, while Song Sun-myeong was
(Appenzeller)
Completion of a new chapel on selected as an elder, the first church conference
November 23th, 2019 of Korean church was formed, and a chapel was
newly built and relocated in its current location on
May 29, 1910. Seo Gyeong-jo, one of Korea’s first Logo of Pai Chai Hakdang
seven pastors served as an Associate Reverend
with Reverend Underwood.
After arriving on Easter Day, April 5, 1885,
A sign board granted by Emperor Gojong
Underwood helped work at Chejungwon due
Saemoonan church history museum to the government’s prohibition of missionary
activities, and established Saemoonan Church
on September 27, 1887 while conducting Site of Pai Chai Hakdang/ Site of
house of Namgoong Uk
missionary work through the operation of an
orphan school (currently Kyungshin High School) . He
also established Yonsei University. Saemoonan
Church has a history museum. You can see a lot
Monument of Underwood & Martyrdom of data on the early history of the Korean church
Monument of Pastor Kim Young-joo as well as Saemoonan Church’s history there. Appenzeller/Noble Memorial Museum