Monuments
Location: Dakota (Baca Morto) Year Built: 1950 Monument status: Demolished Ownership: - In 1937 an Air-traffic Radio Station was founded and at the same time this would be the first passenger handling building on the island. The building and the runway were located south of Oranjestad, on a terrain that was part of the aloe [...]
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Address: Caya Frans Figaroa 16 Year Built: 1916 Status: Not protected Ownership: Diocese of Willemstad Saint Anne's Church in Noord is the second Catholic church built in Aruba, after the Alto Vista Chapel. It was founded in 1776 and was little more than a mud building with a thatched roof. In 1831, a brick building [...]
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Address: JE Irausquinplein 3 Year Built: 1919 Status: Not protected Ownership: Diocese of Willemstad Saint Francis Church, built in 1919, is one of Oranjestad's most important iconic landmarks. For the longest time, the church tower was the highest point, serving as an ideal reference point for sailors. This is the fifth church of its name [...]
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Address: J E Irausquin Blvd 81, Noord Year Built: 1958/9 Monument status: Not protected Ownership: private Shortly after 1950, there were only two simple tourist hotels on Aruba: the Coral Strand Hotel, now Talk of the Town Resort, and the Basi Ruti on Palm Beach, where Playa Linda Resort now stands. But in the mid-1950s, [...]
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Address: Oranjestad: A.M. Schuttestraat San Nicolas: Bernhardstraat 144 Year Built: 1930s Monument status: demolished Ownership: Government of Aruba The Oranjestad Police Headquarters was built in the 1930s. It was located at the intersection of the A.M. Schuttestraat and Havenstraat. The police headquarters, both in Oranjestad as in San Nicolas, are built in the neoclassical style, [...]
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Location: intersection Havenstraat/Kazernestraat Year Built: 1830 Monument status: distroyed Ownership: Government of Aruba Once it was the most important building of the island, the Commander’s Office. It was built around 1830 and as of 1848 (until 1929), it served as residence and office of the island’s Commander, later called the Lieutenant Governor. The building was [...]
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Address: Noord 45; intersection Caya Frans Figaroa Year Built: 1921 Monument status: demolished Ownership: private At the beginning of the 20th century, there was a renowned master bricklayer, Janchi Christiaans, who built houses which featured undulating gables, a rarity in Aruba. In Curaçao they are more common. The style originated from Holland to the colonies, [...]
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Address: Wilhelminastraat 1 Year Built: 1900s Monument status: demolished Ownership: private At the beginning of Wilhelminastraat stood an impressive mansion, belonging to the island's first doctor, Horacio Eulogio Oduber. He was the first government doctor. The building stood next to the small protestant church, built in 1846. In the doctor's house, patients were received and [...]
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Address: Kazernestraat, Oranjestad Year Built: 1900s Monument status: demolished Ownership: private These houses stood at the Kazernestraat, next to the former Commander's office/Marines barracks.
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Location: intersection Kruisweg/Wilhelminastraat Year Built: 1900s Monument status: demolished Ownership: private This monumental building was located at the intersection of Kruisweg and Wilhelminastraat. Owner was Jacobus Albertsz Arends. Photographer Jan Bonke had his studio in this building. This is him posing with his wife and kid. The building was torn down in the 1980s. The [...]
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