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PRIVATE HOUSE RAMS WOERTHE
A.L. VAN GENDT, 1895-1899, Gasthuislaan 2, Steenwijk
Woonhuis Rams Woerthe / Private House Rams Woerthe ( A.L. van Gendt )
© 2006 Jan Derwig

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT:
Henri Copijn

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Dolf van Gendt JGzn.

ARTIST:
Hildo Krop
Co Breman
Adolf le Comte

BUILDING TYPE:
Freestanding houses

The estate the wealthy Salco Tromp Meesters passed on to his son Jan Hendrik was a handsomely sited expanse of ground. Following a competition the latter had the Amsterdam architect A.L. van Gendt build an Art Nouveau villa on it. Surrounding the villa is a park in English landscape style laid out to a design by the landscape architect Copijn. The interior is graced with a wealth of decoration including several very fine ceilings and mural paintings by Co Breman. In 1918 Steenwijk municipality bought the villa and converted it into a Municipal Hall. In the grounds stands a monument to the liberation by the Steenwijk-born sculptor Hildo Krop.