Monuments
address: Noord 2 Year Built: 1958 Monument status: Protected Ownership: Government of Aruba In 1950, the Catholic Church of Aruba, very concerned about the fate of abandoned children, asked Mother Imelda, Mother Superior of the Dominican Sisters of Bethany in the Netherlands, to come and take care of the orphans of the island. The construction [...]
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Address: Stadionweg 37 Year Built: 1952 Status: Protected Ownership: Government of Aruba Construction of the Aruba Technical School began in 1950, the school opened in 1952 and was inaugurated officially by Queen Juliana in 1955. After construction of the southern wing in 1952, the two-story northern wing was built in 1953. The construction in this [...]
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Address: Dominicanessenstraat Year Built: 1934 Status: Not protected Ownership: private This building dates back to 1934. It was a school and association building, called 'Sint Franciscus Club', just like the church across the street. It was a roman catholic nursery school and youth society. It was part of a complex of buildings, including a church, [...]
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Address: Caya Ing. Roland H. Laclé 5 Year Built: 1920 Status: Not protected Ownership: private Located not far from the St. Francis Church in Oranjestad, there was a large field filled with aloe vera plants and fruit trees. The first owner who bought this land in 1850, about 175 years ago, called the plantation 'Rust [...]
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Location: Seroe Colorado (former Lago Colony) Year Built: 1939 Monument status: Protected Ownership: private Soon after the Lago Refinery had been established, Maurice “Jack” Emery, pipe fitter at Lago, started to hold religious gatherings: at first they were held in the personnel’s canteen, later in a school building. On September 18, 1929 the first religious [...]
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Location: junction LG Smith Blvd./A.M. Schuttestraat Year Built: 1941 Status: Protected Ownership: Government of Aruba In the first half of the 20th century, Oranjestad did not really have much of a port office to speak of. In the Commander's Building, dating back to the 19th century and demolished in 1950, there was one room where [...]
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Location: J.E. Irausquinplein 2A/Dominicanessenstraat 2 Year Built: 1920 Status: Protected Ownership: Government of Aruba The first sisters - from Holland - arrived in Aruba in 1857. They belonged to the Franciscan Sisters of Roosendaal and had to set up Catholic education for poor children. This took place in a primitive house, made of corn sticks [...]
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Address: J.E. Irausquinplein 4 Year Built: 1914/15 Monument status: Not protected Ownership: Government of Aruba In the early 20th century, the catholic church and education (schools for boys) on Aruba were in the hands of friars who came from Holland, from Tilburg, to be exact. The friars' house, dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi, was [...]
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Location: Juwana Morto, San Nicolas Year Built: 1942 Monument status: Protected Ownership: Government of Aruba When World War II broke out in 1939 and Holland was occupied in May 1940, the need to defend the overseas territories of the Dutch Kingdom in the Caribbean was felt. At Juwana Morto a coastal battery was built in [...]
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Location: Alto Vista Year Built: 1952 Monument status: Protected Ownership: Private The original Alto Vista Chapel was a primitive church built in 1750 by a half-breed Indian from Alto Vista. It was just a hut made out of branches and wood and covered with twigs. The Alto Vista chapel was consecrated by a Capuchin priest [...]
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