The city government was initially housed in buildings belonging to Huashan Elementary School [zh].

Its city hall was established in the former campus of Jian Cheng Elementary School [zh].

[3] The old city hall building was turned over to house the provincial government for Taiwan.

Taipei's city hall could only accommodate around 1,000 employees, and many other units were scattered in various rented offices.

[4] The old city hall building became the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei and the campus of Jian Cheng Junior High School [zh].