Oranjestad
Address: L.G. Smith Blvd 78 Year Built: 1942 Open to Public: No Ownership: Government of Aruba When World War II broke out in Europe in 1940, when Holland was occupied by the Germans in May of that year, the Dutch Caribbean islands were left without enough defense to protect the oil refineries on Aruba and [...]
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Address: Wilhelminastraat 17-19 Period Built: Early 20th century Open to Public: NO Ownership: private In Wilhelminastraat, across from the Eman merchant's house, one finds Addison Croes' merchant's house. It dates back to the year 1913. About a century ago, Addison Winfried Croes was a prominent business man, who lived on the first floor of this [...]
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Address: Steenweg 20 Year Built: 1916 Open to Public: No Ownership: private In 1916, businessman Adriaan Laclé built this monumental townhouse on Steenweg, in the former merchant quarter between Wilhelminastraat and Nassaustraat, now Caya G.F. Betico Croes. When Adriaan Laclé's son, Amadeo ('Amador') Laclé went to live in the house after his father died, the [...]
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Location Wilhelminastraat 24 Year Built: mid 20th century Open to Public: No Ownership: private This townhouse was built around 1946 by Godfried ('Concon') Croes, a trader in aloe vera products, and his spouse Sarah Catharina ('Carry') Croes. The building's architecture was inspired by the Latin American Neo-Baroque style that was prevalent in the Colombian port [...]
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Location Wilhelminastraat 18 Year Built: end of the 19th century. Open to Public: YES Ownership: private This partially attached merchant's house was built in the late 19th, beginning of the 20th century by Cornelis Hendrik Eman (1865-1914). The building was most probably built in two stages, the ground floor around 1890, the second - a [...]
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Location intersection Wilhelminastraat/Ooststraat Year Built: 1929 Open to Public: No Ownership: private The house known as "Cas di Brenchi" was built in Oranjestad in 1929. * Bruno Arends (Brenchi) was a well-known merchant in Oranjestad. The construction of this house was in the hands of Brenchi's older brother Jacobo (Coco) Arends. In 1932 the construction [...]
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Address: Caya Betico Croes 41 Year Built: 1925 Open to Public: No Ownership: Private John Gerard Eman was born on November 12, 1898 and was affectionately called 'Dudu' from an early age. He grew up in a time when Aruba did not yet have much economic activity. John started working in the pharmacy but soon [...]
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Address: Caya Betico Croes 98 Year Built: 1934 Open to Public: No Ownership: Monuments Fund At Caya G.F. Betico Croes 98 stands the former home of the Debrot family, a cornerstone of local history. J.M. (Jose Maria) Debrot, a merchant from Bonaire, settled in Aruba and set up shop, selling a variety of goods from [...]
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Address: John G Emanstraat 51 Year Built: 1936 Open to Public: No Ownership: Government of Aruba On March 3, 1936, the then new government building was inaugurated. This was the third government building of Aruba, after the governor’s residence and the central government’s office building located on Zoutmanstraat. The building is almost East-West orientated. In [...]
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Address: Havenstraat 23 Year Built: end of 19th century Open to Public: Yes Ownership: private This is the only remaining town-country house on Havenstraat, generally known as ‘Chez Mathilde’, a former restaurant. History takes us back to the 19th century, when Regina Oduber, of French descent, acquired this authentic Aruban house which has since remained [...]
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