It consists of 3 Western-style residences which were built in the Taisho Period and exist to this day in the city, as well as being some of the first in the city to be designed by William Merrell VORIES.
建築家ウィリアム・メレル・ヴォーリズが近江八幡で最初に設計した現存する3棟の大正時代築の西洋館で構成される。