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VROUWE GROENEVELT'S LIEFDEGESTICHT (ALMSHOUSES)

B. HOOIJKAAS JR., 1900-1902, Vijverhofstraat 69, Rotterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Barend Hooijkaas jr.

:
Ineke Hulshof

ARTIST:
Adolf le Comte

BUILDING TYPE:
Special accommodation


RELATED BUILDINGS:
Hofje Kuyl's Fundatie (Almshouses)
Hofje Uit Liefde en Voorzorg (Almshouses)

Founded in 1814, this charity-run housing, like the two other examples in Rotterdam, originally began life at another address. In fact it has had to move twice, first in 1864 from Oostsingel when a new street was laid out and then in 1900 from Weenaplein for safety reasons when the https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/1950" class="inline_link">Hofplein Viaduct was built. Since 1902 the almshouses have stood at Vijverhofstraat in a U-shape of 16 houses round a garden. The tile picture on the facade above the trustees' room, now a meeting room, is a survivor from the first address. It shows a pair of demonic figures being driven away by two angels leaning on a clock.