Building Complex for the Vooruit Working Men's Club, Purmerend, Netherlands (1911-1912)

People:

J.J.P. Oud (architect)

Title:

Building Complex for the Vooruit Working Men's Club, Purmerend, Netherlands (1911-1912)

Date:

1911

Level of archival description:
project

Extent and medium:

3 drawings
6 photographs

Scope and content:
The Vooruit Working Men's Club was one of many cooperative clubs for working men in the Netherlands. The building, consisting of four dwellings and a club building, was erected in 1911 and occupied by 1912. Oud was responsible for designing the housing block and main (Vooruit) building, which included a meeting hall and two frescos by J. Jongert. The main building also included latticed windows for the living room door that opened to the garden (Taverne et al. 2001, 82-83). The project series includes drawings of Vooruit and adjacent buildings as well as building photographs, including one of a metal grille.

Reference number:

CI005.S1.1911.PR1

Location:

Purmerend Netherlands

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