Rijksmonumentenregister · Netherlands
Woonhuis, Herengracht 617
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
The record
- Designation
- National monument (rijksmonument)
- Class
- Woonhuis
- Category
- onroerend gebouwd
- Address
- Herengracht 617, 1017 CE Amsterdam (and others)
- Place
- Amsterdam
- Province
- Noord-Holland
- Country
- Netherlands
- Coordinates
- 52.36570, 4.89950
- Monument number
- 1690
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite: Sheets 1 to 40 Carte De Hollande Et D'utrecht" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This monument in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed's register ↗
The register's description
Omschrijving
Twee huizen achter een gevel van 5 traveeën (in de kern XVII B, doch geheel verbouwd 1767 en plm 1800). Gevel met middenrisaliet, onder rechte triglyfenlijst en gesneden fronton (1767). Twee getoogde dakkapellen plm 1800. Hardstenen onderpui met deuren in hun omlijstingen (1676); snijramen plm 1800.
English translation
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Description
Two houses behind a facade of 5 bays (core second half of 17th century, but entirely rebuilt 1767 and circa 1800). Facade with central risalit, under straight triglyph cornice and carved pediment (1767). Two arched roof dormers circa 1800. Hardstone ground floor with doors in their frames (1676); carved windows circa 1800.
Nearby in the register
- Woonhuis, Herengracht 609Woonhuisunder 1 mi
- Woonhuis, Herengracht 607 AWoonhuisunder 1 mi
- Woonhuis, Herengracht 619Woonhuisunder 1 mi
- Woonhuis, Herengracht 605Woonhuisunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.