Description
This charming small home belonged to Francisca Maria Monsanto, who earned her living by making cigars. Originally, it served as an annex building of the neighboring ‘Bellevue’ property. In 1865, she purchased the house and made it her own. She undertook renovations with a mortgage in 1869. When Francisca Maria Monsanto passed away at the age 66 in 1878, she left the house to the three Esser sisters. Two of them, unmarried seamstresses, continued to reside in it.
The house has a notable tall front, featuring neoclassical elements like decorative trim and corner details.
Name of property:
None
Characteristics:
One-and-a-half-story structure built against neighboring properties and ranging with an alleyway. Part of the corral with ‘Bellevue’ as the main structure. Double slant roof. Front façade: central door flanked by tall windows, profiled cornice and weather moldings above openings, pilasters on corners. Small tower-shaped addition at the rear side.
Monument value:
Specific value as part of a protected monumental townscape.
Construction period:
Not listed in the Register of Monuments.
