1843年，清代的臺灣大族林本源家族，建造了一座大宅「通議第」，基地總長約216公尺，寬144公尺，四周的圍牆有4公尺高，厚達4.5公尺。In 1843, during the Qing dynastical reign, Lin Ben-yuan of the powerful and wealthy Lin Family built a stately manor, the base of which was 216 meters long, and 144 meters wide. The outer wall encircling the estate is four meters tall and 4.5 meters in thickness.
這座大宅建成後，居民以此為中心，沿著周圍聚集，開店做生意，逐漸發展成大溪現今的街區雛形。
The manor became the de-facto town center and over time, the chessboard of street blocks of the modern-day Daxi started to take shape.
通議第模型，可以到歷史館看完整介紹 A scale model of the Manor. Visit Daxi History Hall for a detailed introduction.
後來林家遷居板橋，通議第在日本時代逐漸傾頹，現在只留下城牆石塊散落各處，基地大約是今天的大溪國小和運動場。
Following the completion of the manor, local residents began to congregate around it, establishing shopfronts to run small businesses.
日本時代的大溪街地圖，橘色框線為林本源城、圓點為壹號館位置
A map of Daxi that dates back to the Japanese Colonial Era. The area enclosed in the orange-color border is the Lin Ben-yuan City, and the dot signifies the location of House No. 1.
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