Schoolgebouw, Prins Hendrikkade 191

English translation

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Description

Introduction

A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION built in 1878-1880, the 'Maritime Training School', from which later the 'higher maritime school' emerged through merger. Located on the Prins Hendrikkade, corner of Schippersgracht. The facade on the side of this Schippersgracht is shorter and treated as a side facade. In the vestibule a foundation stone with the text: 'First stone H.M. King Willem III, 4 May 1878, completed 1 June 1880, in use 1 August 1880'. The maritime training school was founded by the 'National Fund for the Encouragement of the Nation's Maritime Service'. This fund was established in 1785, abolished by the French Empire and restored on 28 February 1814 by H.M. King Willem I. Built in the style of Neo-Dutch Renaissance by architect W. Springer in collaboration with his son J.L. Springer. Particularly in the period 1910-1914 there were many alterations and extensions. The protection concerns the original building on the Prins Hendrikkade and Schippersgracht; later extensions such as those on the inner courtyard fall outside the protection.

N.B.

In 1907 the dining hall, bathroom and changing room were enlarged by architect Timmers. In 1909 architect J. Bruijn built a covered playground on land belonging to the Maritime Training School on commission from G. Doncker, commandant of the Maritime Training School. In 1910 the same architect carried out work on the first-aid post and telegraph office in a section of the building on commission from 'The National Fund for the Encouragement of the Nation's Maritime Service'. In 1913 the building was extended by architect C.B. Posthumus Meyjes on commission from the Board of the Maritime Training School, on behalf of commissioner H. van Lennep, with a development of the land made available by demolition of the plots Foeliedwarsstraat 45, 57-71 and of the former Vrouwengang, with the purpose of that extension being for lodgings, teaching spaces etc. In 1913-1914 the same architect redesigned part of the ground floor and first floor of the plot on the side of the Schippersgracht as an internal dwelling.

Description

A maritime school built on a complex ground plan with a front gable, three storeys and a complex roof with sloping hipped sections and set-back gabled roofs behind the gable tops. Various types of roof covering were used: Dutch tiles in old/improved/newly improved types, crossed tiles, slates, bitumen and wire glass. On both sides of the central gable top on the side of the Prins Hendrikkade there are three small roof dormers with subdivided windows and closed off by a small roof with pointed overhang at the front. On the ridge a small finial with knop. On the truncated roof section various brick chimneys. The building is constructed in brickwork, predominantly in stretcher bond, with decorative brickwork in spandrels and friezes in mosaic and provided with ornamental wall anchors. The plinth is of hard stone. On the ground floor stone courses of sandstone. On the upper storeys further also some thinner sandstone courses and ends and bands. Furthermore sandstone decoration and sculptural work. Hard stone balconies and cornice. On the right side of the facade on the Prins Hendrikkade there is a brick wall with hard stone plinth and profiled coping. Further some sandstone courses. Centrally an opening with double wooden door. On the left side of this a gate with plinth, brickwork and courses. Opening access door above which hard stone calf with semicircular leaded fanlight. Below the flat band volutes between which foundation stone with 'MDCCCLXXX'. Above the band a foundation stone in an aedicula with ornaments. Text: 'Maritime Training School'. The facade on the Prins Hendrikkade contains a risalit on both sides and in the centre. These slight projections are terminated with a rich gable top. Pilasters flank the window sections in these risalits. Profiled plinth with small window openings. On the ground floor level in the risalit on the sides an entrance section with double heavy oak door with above the profiled calf a semicircular and leaded fanlight. Entirely surrounded by sandstone frame with profiling and voussoir and ends. On both sides a small four-pane window with ornamented frame with scrollwork, egg-and-dart moulding, cornice and small round light. In the centre of this facade the main entrance. Similar door with side doors above which round lights. On both sides of the central entrance section in the recessed facade sections a series of three windows. Cross window with smaller fanlights and glazing bars. Sandstone accents in the course. On the level of the main floor windows with cross windows and segmental hanekam with accents. In the risalits coupled windows with richly ornamented central post. These window sections are further accentuated with balconies on consoles and with balustrade. Further accentuation with ornamental consoles above the head of the lintel, between which ornamented foundation stones. Band and segmental hanekam. On the level of the second floor a similar division of windows. Above the band now semicircular spandrels with sandstone ornament, voussoirs and neck stones. The recessed facade sections are terminated with a profiled gutter band on consoles. The risaliting parts on the sides have a stepped gable as termination. Decorative elements as a superstructure on projections of the band. Window with double six-pane casement windows in ornamented frame. Further band and band work and top with aedicula with coat of arms and finial. The terminating top of the stepped gable above the central risaliting facade section is more richly ornamented and contains beside ornamental vases a large segmental pediment with sculpted relief with an allegorical representation of maritime activity. Also higher up a sculpted relief. Above this a tall aedicula. The corner with the Schippersgracht is rounded. Per storey always two coupled windows. Above the profiled band on ornamental consoles a roof dormer positioned diagonally as a gable top with pilasters, window with double six-pane leaded casement windows, ornamented frame, ornamental vases, ornamental bands, scrollwork and finials. On the ground floor on both sides of the window section a sandstone ornament in round frame.

The facade on the Schippersgracht contains two side risalits and a narrow central section the width of one window axis. The three window-axes wide right-side risalit is terminated by a profiled gutter band with on left and right on projecting parts of this band an obelisk. In the centre a roof dormer conceived as a gable top with ornamental vases, window with double six-pane leaded casement windows, scrollwork, ornamental bands, relief and segmental pediment. In the recessed section always one window. On the ground floor level in this an entrance section with coupled oak doors under semicircular fanlights. Semicircular spandrel with ornament. The ground floor level of the risaliting part on the left side is split and drawn higher. The cornice steps as a result and the windows on the floor level are less high. In the upper part of this split level French balconies. Risaliting part terminated with an ornamented stepped gable with aedicula. The side facade on the west side contains a single window and simple entrance, further wall anchors and gutter band.

Valuation

A school building for maritime studies built in Neo-Renaissance style of general importance because of its architectural and cultural-historical value. Also of important situational value because of the image-defining and historically-functionally determined location near the IJ.