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WAGNERHOF

J.F. VAN TEEFFELEN, 1904-1906, Vijverlaan 61, 63, 71, Rotterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Jan van Teeffelen

BUILDING TYPE:
Housing

In 1904 a local entrepreneur, Johan Dulfer, bought Villa Nuova on Vijverlaan in Kralingen. He changed the name to Villa Wagner and commissioned the young architect Jan van Teeffelen to design a group of five palatial houses. Their names, taken from Wagner operas, are emblazoned in gold lettering on the white-rendered facades. The houses possess elements of Art Nouveau. In 1909 Van Teeffelen went on to design the Villapark at Noord railway station in Hillegersberg in the north-east of Rotterdam.