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Gasthuisstraat 14-16

Gasthuisstraat 14-16, Otrobanda, ,
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Gijsbert Petrus de Windt, whose brother owned Zaantjessteeg 1-3, bought this plot in 1869 for 1,300 guilders. A master carpenter, he likely built this three-story house with its exuberant classical north façade himself. By doing so, he significantly increased its value, selling the property for 12,000 guilders in 1881 to Raphael Benjamin Henriquez, a merchant residing in Venezuela. The name ‘Malakoff’ is probably a reference to the Battle of Malachov (1855), which led to the fall of Sebastopol in the Crimean War.

The house was used as a rental property and changed hands a few times before the Curaçao island government purchased the building in 1990. Stichting Monumentenzorg Curaçao took it on in 2019 and started working on a restoration plan. Just before the Open Monuments Day in 2022, the western façade collapsed. The wall was rebuilt, and the damaged roof was replaced. A full restoration will take place in the coming years, which integrate this property with the neighboring Gasthuisstraat 12 and Gasthuisstraat 18-20.

Name of property:

Villa Malakoff

Characteristics:

Large three-story structure. Two hipped roofs parallel to the street. The front façade is laid out in three axes with windows on the second floor and a central door flanked with windows on the first and ground floor. Wooden balcony on the first floor. Neo-classicist rear façade with a centrally positioned three-tiered portico with balconies on the first and second floor and a triangular fronton supported by Tuscan columns. Adjoining two-story rear structure with roof chimney.

Monument value:

Architectural historical and esthetical value because of a.o. the portico with Tuscan columns and the triangular fronton. Specific value as part of a protected monumental townscape.

Construction period:

Not listed in the Register of Monuments

REGISTER OF LISTED HERITAGE

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Address: Gasthuisstraat 14-16, Otrobanda
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Country: Curacao
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Bedrooms: 0
Bathrooms: 0

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