Monuments
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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Location: Balashi/Frenchman's Pass Year Built: 1899 Monument status: Protected Ownership: Government of Aruba The first gold mining industry was located at the Bushiribana Gold Smelter, where the Aruba Gold Mining Company was active till 1899. In that year, the company was dissolved and a new one was founded in London, the Aruba Gold Concessions, Ltd. [...]
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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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Address: Bubali 119 Year Built: 1918 Monument status: Not protected Ownership: Private Mansion Quinta del Carmen was built in 1918 by Adriaan Laclé, a prominent local businessman. As many rich Arubans before him, he built the large weekend house in the countryside. He named it after his daughter Maria del Carmen. The Laclé family did [...]
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Address: L.G. Smith Blvd 78 Year Built: 1942 Monument status: Protected 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 Curaçao. [...]
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Address: Wilhelminastraat 17-19 Period Built: Early 20th century Monument status: Not protected 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 (1887 - 1973) was a prominent business man, who lived on the first [...]
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