Abstract
This paper is concerned with the town houses in the old castle town of Tatsuno in Hyogo prefecture. At first I investigated the elements of the facade and its construction in the latter of Edo period by using GOYO-OBOECHOU which has been recorded in the old town center of Tatsuno. Next I required the chronological characters for each formation by classifying the original facade type of the existing town houses. In addition, I commented on the process of their transformation before World War fl by watching the plane types, the developing formation of the secondfloor, and reforming of houses.
