Catholic Church Girls' School

　　The Catholic Church Girls' School is located at No. 10 Yujiaowan Lane, Gongyuan Neighborhood Committee, Wenchang Subdistrict Office, Tongcheng City, Anhui Province, covering an area of 402?. It currently retains two courtyards—front and rear—as well as wing rooms. The main structure faces south and is situated on a north-south axis, with its entrance gate oriented toward the southeast. Above the gate tower, six bold regular-script characters read “Catholic Church Girls' School.”

　　The front courtyard has five bays and one story, as does the rear courtyard. There is one wing room on each the east and west sides, forming an inner courtyard between them, while the space between the front courtyard and the outer wall also forms a separate courtyard. The compound is planted with loquat and osmanthus trees. The building is surrounded by high fireproof walls, giving it a majestic presence. The entire structure is laid out rationally, exuding an elegant and refined style, and features typical characteristics of local residential architecture.

　　During the Republican era, this site was converted into a Catholic girls’ school. A nearby Catholic church was demolished during the construction of the Tongcheng People’s Hospital.

　　The Catholic Church Girls' School is the only remaining architectural relic related to Catholicism in the area, providing important material evidence for the study of local traditional dwellings and the introduction of Catholicism here.

　　Source: Tongcheng Cultural Relics and Archaeology