Teachers Council of Thailand

Terrain

General Condition

Teachers Council of Thailand Printing Building Along Phra Sumen Road Next to Phra Sumen Fort, it is currently used as a cultural learning center for Banglamphu communities. "Bang Lamphu Pith"

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Chao Phraya River

Geological conditions

Holocene sediments

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

This area used to be the home of Phrayaranatphakdi (Aim Na Mahachai), former Director-General of the Department of Accounting. and Director-General of the Department of Storage (Department of Finance) during the reign of King Rama 1 - 4, later became a royal property And the Ministry of Commerce has requested to use it as a storage for books, accounts and things of German and Austrian department stores in 1924 until 1925, the Textbook Department, Ministry of Justice has asked to use this area as a textbook printing house to publish textbooks. Book quizzes, educational courses and other books including being a central store for distributing textbooks Therefore, the demolition and repair of the original building was carried out. In front of Phra Sumen Road, originally, this area used to have a city wall connected to Phra Sumen Fort. Until the year 1928, Mrs. Maitriwanich (Kimran Yodmanee), the owner of a plot of land next to the Teachers Council of Thailand printing house. On the east side, the King asked for the removal of the walls of Phra Nakhon in such areas.

Later in the year 1932, the Department of Textbooks was transformed into the first printing school in the name of "Wat Chang Pim Sangwet School" along with the factory of the printing school For students who come to study both theory (morning session) and printing work (afternoon session), they will receive wages in return. Until the cessation of teaching and receiving printing work in 1946. In 1950, the name was changed to Teachers Association Prasu Meru Printing Factory. Under the Teachers Council of Thailand's trade organization, it prints different textbooks. Later in the year 1958 A new Teachers Council of Thailand printing house was built in Lat Phrao. Therefore, the printing press was moved to a new location. and used the former printing house as a warehouse for the Teachers Council of Thailand until 1995, it was closed due to the expiration of the lease agreement with the Treasury Department. The building has been abandoned since 2000, so the Treasury Department has renovated the area around the printing house. until now The printing house has been developed into a cultural learning center for Banglamphu community. "Pipit Bang Lamphu" is currently under the supervision of the State Valuable Property Promotion and Development Division. Treasury Department

Within the area, there are important things as follows:
1. Building No. 1 (Printing School Building) is a 2-storey L-shaped concrete building connected to a wooden building on both sides. The floors and stairs inside are wooden.
2.Building No. 2 (Factory Building of Wat Sangwet Printing School) designed by Phra Saroj Rattana Nimman, an important architect since the reign of King Rama V, looks like a two-story rectangular wooden building, 7 meters wide, 23 meters long, the ground floor is made of ferro columns. The top floor concrete is made of pure wood.
3. Arch

In 2013, the Treasury Department carried out conservation of the Teachers Council of Thailand printing house in order to become the Bang Lamphu Museum, a museum that educates about the history of Bang Lamphu area. Bang Lamphu Community, Krung Krung Rattanakosin Wall And the affairs of the Treasury Department during the area adjustment, an archaeological excavation was carried out on the wall in front of the entrance gate on Phra Athit Road to study the boundary of the Phra Nakhon wall of Rattanakosin that may be connected from the Phra Sumen Fort located nearby.

From archaeological excavations on the inner wall of the entrance door, no bricks were found. that shows that it is the foundation of the city wall Although the location of the excavation pit is in a continuous line with the city wall connected from Phra Sumen Fort, the excavation has found traces of buildings that are presumed to be brick buildings with reinforced concrete structures. Build the foundation at the depth from the soil surface to 180 centimeters It is assumed that this area has a brick and mortar building. This building has a foundation 180 centimeters underground and although this area may have had the foundation of the Rattanakosin Wall infiltrate the area, but the building was actually built. Brick and mortar built and demolished the foundations of Bangkok's walls until there is no evidence to show them at present (Kannikar Suthiratanaphirom 2019)