Mr. Lin Chun-Yu, native of Pingyuan County Guangdong Province, was the largest tobacco producer in the Meinong area. Around the end of WWII, the Lin Family had approximately 16 hectares of Tobacco plantation, so the family built 10 tobacco towers to process the products. In 1983, the family's tobacco plantation has expanded to over 48 hectare and accumulated substantial assets, including two hectares of hill lands, over 30 single-storey houses, over 10 multiple-story buildings, ten tobacco towers, and over one hectare of building lands. He was the richest man in Meinong at that time. In 1995, the Gatehouse came close to being demolished in town rezoning. Fortunately, the Lin Family made all attempts to keep it intact.