Harscamp villa
| Harscamp | |
|---|---|
 Harscamp (2013) | |
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| General information | |
| Type | villa |
| Classification | Provincial monument, 0308/wikinr221 |
| Address | Ringlaan 2, Baarn |
| Completed | 1912 |
| Owner | Salvation Army |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Samuel de Clercq |
The Harscamp villa is a municipal monument on the Ringlaan in the Dutch town of Baarn in de province Utrecht. The villa is in the Wilhelminapark, a villa neighborhood which is part of a Rijksmonument.
The house was built in 1912 by shipping magnate L.P.D. Op ten Noort, co-founder of the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij. The slate-covered roof has a lantern on top, with a sailing vessel for a weather vane. The building's stained glass windows have sailing as a common motif.
The symmetric front facade has a central porch with a curved roof. It had structures added on either side; a loggia on the right, and a sunroom on the left. Behind the building was a geometric garden.
Since 1938 the Harscamp is owned by the Salvation Army; for a long time it was in use as a children's home.[1] In 2000, the building was renovated to become a home for unhoused people.[1] A report from the town of Baarn from 2015 noted that the building had served drug addicts but had recently been closed; preparations were underway to make it an assisted living facility.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Baarnaars niet blij met tehuis voor daklozen in De Harscamp"
- ^ "Bestemmingsplan Wilhelminapark - Ringlaan 2" (in Dutch). Gemeente Baarn. September 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
External links[edit]
- Baarn, geschiedenis en architectuur, Fred Gaasbeek, Jan van ’t Hof en Maarten Koenders, Zeist 1994
- Photograph of the front, 1915-1920, from Utrecht Archives
- Photograph of garden and back of house