臺灣的蔣中正總統行館多達34處，其中在大溪就有5處，包含角板山復興賓館、慈湖賓館、角板山花園賓館、頭寮賓館，以及此處－－由日本時代公會堂改建的大溪賓館。
Chiang Kai-shek had as many as 34 presidential residences throughout Taiwan, and five of them sit here in Daxi, and they are: Fuxing presidential residence in Mt. Jiaoban, the presidential residence at Cihu, the garden presidential residence in Mt. Jiaoban, and the presidential residence in Touliao, then here—Daxi presidential residence of Daxi, converted from the Assembly Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period.
學生為蔣中正總統祝壽（中央研究院臺灣史研究所檔案館典藏）Students wishing a happy birthday to Chiang (courtesy of Academic Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica Archives)
此處改為行館後，時常作為總統休憩（避暑、慶壽）、接待外賓、召見晤談等用途。由於時代背景，周邊居民對行館的記憶，多半是戒備森嚴。當時憲兵隊就駐紮在一旁的武德殿，更添嚴肅氣氛。
但這裡也留下了國家元首與地方居民互動的記憶：有時蔣中正總統伉儷會在大溪公園散步；而鄰近的大溪國小學童，也曾在總統壽誕之日，進入行館庭院獻舞祝壽。
Upon its conversion into a presidential residence, this place often doubled as a sanctuary (a summer getaway, a birthday banquet hall), a reception hall for foreign visitors and guests for the late president. Due to its historic significance, locals mostly remember the residence as a heavily guarded manor. The military police were stationed in the Wude Hall on the side, adding to the somberness of the place.
Nonetheless, this place is filled with many shared reminiscences between the former head of state and locals: at times, Chiang and his wife would enjoy a stroll in Daxi Park; schoolchildren from the nearby Daxi Elementary School had entered the presidential residence with a special performance on Chiang’s birthday.
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