Description
In 1861, Jacob (Shon Cochi) Jesurun constructed eleven rowhouses, two cisterns, and a shed for a chaise along the southwestern edge of the Fleur de Marie property. The small for-lease houses were built for workers at the nearby shipyards and harbor. Shon Cochi, a wealthy and influential merchant who operated a shipyard nearby on the Sint Annabaai, owned Fleur de Marie. At that time, it covered a vast stretch of land extending to the north and east, well beyond its present boundaries.
Since 2001, ownership of part of the Fleur de Marie neighborhood has been assumed by Stichting Monumentenzorg Curaçao and N.V. Stadsherstel Willemstad. The neighborhood represents the remaining hilly and eastern section of the former Fleur de Marie property. The tradition of leasing the rowhouses continues, maintaining the historical continuity of their past use.
Name of property:
None
Characteristics:
Elongated block of eleven modest one-story row houses. One continuous gable roof over the main front rooms and occasional gable roof over the back rooms. Funnel-shaped gables with 19th-century top end. Plain cornice over front façade. Shutter door and ditto flanking windows for each unit.
Monument value:
Architectural and cultural-historical value as examples of 19th-century low-cost urban housing. Specific value as part of a protected monumental townscape.
Construction period:
Approximately mid-19th century
