Oranjestad
Address: Steenweg 17 - 19 Year Built: 1925 Monument status: Protected Ownership: Monuments Fund Aruba Addison Winfield Croes was born in Aruba in 1887. He had worked on the construction of the Panama Canal from a young age. He married Graciela Henriquez in 1914 and the couple had three children. The eldest daughter, Daisey, married [...]
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Address: L.G. Smith Boulevard 2 Year Built: 1943 Status: Not protected Ownership: private Imagine Aruba during WW II, when there was no tourism of any kind on the island. There were no hotels on Palm Beach and the hospitality industry was unknown to Arubians, who mostly worked in the oil industry. It was during the [...]
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Address: Vondellaan 2 Year Built: 1958 Status: Not protected Ownership: private In 1949, after recognizing a great need for a center where art and culture could be practiced, a group of local cultural associations, led by the Cultureel Centrum Aruba, joined forces to develop Aruba’s first Cultural Center. Together, the associations founded the Stichting Schouwburg [...]
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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 12 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 [...]
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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: 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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Address: L.G. Smith Blvd 172 Year Built: 1929 Monument status: Protected Ownership: Government of Aruba The Eagle Refinery was established by the Royal Dutch Shell in the 1920’s. It stood where now the low-rise hotels, the golf course and the hospital are located. The Eagle Refinery got its name being an affiliate of the Mexican [...]
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