Stadsherberg, Batavia
inn, tavern, office in Batavia, Dutch East Indies
The Stadsherberg ("City Inn") is a lodging located in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta). The lodging is located in the Sunda Kelapa harbor, the first lodging to be seen by visitors of Batavia. The lodging was so strategically located in the port of Sunda Kelapa between the colonial custom houses that the inn prospered during the course of the 19th century. The inn went into a decline following the construction of the larger Tanjung Priok harbor. It was demolished after 1949.
History
Golden years
The Stadsherberg was built in 1849. Construction of the Stadsherberg was initiated by H.S. van Hogezand who sensed a business opportunity when the Kleine Boom was relocated from the western bank of the canal to the eastern bank on February 1, 1848. Van Hogezand had owned and run a smaller inn near the same location since 1820 and obviously realized that all passengers arriving or departing through the Kleine Boom would be passing right in front of his door. Van Hogezand asked a permission to build larger premises to the colonial government. He received a temporary building permit in a letter dated July 24, 1849.
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