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TOWN HALL USQUERT

H.P. BERLAGE, 1928-1930, Raadhuisstraat 3, Usquert

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Hendrik Pieter Berlage

ASSISTING ARCHITECT:
Berend Jager
E.E. Strasser

BUILDING TYPE:
Government buildings
Reuse
Museums and exhibition buildings

The commission for a town hall for this modest municipality (1700 inhabitants) was given a broad interpretation by Berlage. Making the council chamber on the first floor one module higher, adding a tower and building in materials foreign to the area resulted in a more representational appearance than was requested. Tower and entrance face the road, whereas the main mass follows the obliqueness of the site. The structure is traditional, the finish highly detailed. A council reshuffle relieved the building of its town hall duties and it now contains offices.