Owen Memorial Hall

The Owen Monument and Memorial Hall is located inside the Christian College of Nursing. The monument was erected in 1914 in memory of missionary Clement Owen who, together with Priest Bae Yoo-ji, was the first missionary to come to Jeollanam-do. The monument was built using the 4,200 dollars collected by Owen’s relatives in the USA after Owen died as a martyr in Gwangju.Clement Owen came to Yangnim-dong, Gwangju in the 1900s and served as a missionary and medical volunteer with his wife, who was a nurse, before dying of exhaustion and overwork in 1909.Source: Korea Tourism Organization TourAPI

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6 Baekseo-ro 70beon-gil, Nam-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City
Inquiries: Gwangju Metropolitan City Nam-gu Culture and Tourism Division +82-62-607-2333