This is a partially attached merchant’s house, built in the first half of the 20th century by Henny Godfried Eman.

The exterior was restored and the interior has been renovated while keeping the old staircase, wooden floors and ceiling intact.

In the 19th century, there were few houses with two floors. In the 20th century, two-floored urban villas with a flat roof became popular among the wealthier class of Oranjestad.

The townhouse is very important because of its historic and architectural value. It is one of the early examples of foreign architecture introduced by wealthy merchants of Aruba in the first half of the 20th century. The property enjoys architectural ensemble value with the adjacent monumental house on Wilhelminastraat 24.

The townhouse has housed several businesses over the past decades, like the Gerardus Cursus or Cursus Succes, where typing courses were given, upstairs. Aruba’s political founding father Jan Hendrik (Henny) Eman (1887-1957) must have lived here too.

During the last few decades, it has been known as location for restaurants, like ‘Boonoonoonoo’s’ and currently ‘Que Pasa’ restaurant.