Chief Agriculturist House, Kolonia

#5 among attractions in Kolonia

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The Chief Agriculturist House is a historic house in Kolonia, the capital of Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia. It is a steel and concrete structure, built in the mid-1920s when Pohnpei and the other Caroline Islands were part of the Japanese South Seas Mandate. It was one of the highest-quality buildings constructed on Pohnpei during the Japanese administration, and was the home of the Japanese weatherman and agricultural overseer, said to be the second most powerful figure in Japanese Micronesia. ()

Built: 1925 (99 years ago)Coordinates: 6°57'33"N, 158°12'40"E

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Chief Agriculturist House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sokehs Mass Grave Site, Catholic Belltower, Shinto shrine, German Cemetery.

0.8 miNW
Cemetery
Sokehs Mass Grave Site, Kolonia
21 min walk • The Sokehs Mass Grave Site is the location where fifteen participants of the 1910/1911 Sokehs Rebellion on the island of Pohnpei were buried by German colonial authorities.
0.6 miN
Tower, Church
Catholic Belltower, Kolonia
17 min walk • The Catholic Belltower is a historic tower at the Catholic Mission in Kolonia, on the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.
~1860 ftN
Temple
Shinto shrine, Kolonia
9 min walk • A Shinto shrine is a structure whose main purpose is to house one or more kami. Its most important building is used for the safekeeping of sacred objects and not for worship.
0.6 miSE
Cemetery
German Cemetery, Pohnpei
16 min walk • The German Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Kolonia, the capital of Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei and the other Caroline Islands had become a German protectorate in 1899, after the Spanish–American War, and were administered as part of German New Guinea.

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Nearby attractions include Shinto shrine, Kolonia (9 min walk), German Cemetery, Pohnpei (16 min walk), Catholic Belltower, Kolonia (17 min walk), Sokehs Mass Grave Site, Kolonia (21 min walk).