City Hall, Weesp

Weesp City Hall
City Hall, today a museum
Alternative names	Stadhuis van Weesp
General information
Type	Seat of local government
Architectural style	neo-classical
Location	Weesp
Address	Nieuwstraat 41
Coordinates	Coordinates: 52°18′24.35″N 5°2′34″E / 52.3067639°N 5.04278°E / 52.3067639; 5.04278
Completed	1776
Owner	Gemeente Museum Weesp
Design and construction
Architect	Jacob Otten Husly and Leendert Viervant the Younger

View of the vierschaar on the ground floor in the main hall

The Weesp City Hall is a former city hall in Weesp. The government offices have moved, but the former vierschaar and burgerzaal are still used for weddings and other official proceedings. The rest of the building is in use as the local museum of Weesp.

History

The building was designed by the architects Jacob Otten Husly (1738-1796) and his assistant Leendert Viervant the Younger.^[1] They built it during the years 1772-1776.^[1] The museum started upstairs as an antiquities room in 1911.^[1] In 1974 the city council decided to make a proper museum when an important gift of porcelain was given from the legacy of Baron F. van Heeckeren van Waliën. This porcelain collection is now in the former vroedschapskamer, or council meeting room.

Dutch Rijksmonument 38608

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References

• Gemeente Museum Weesp