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Quote: In the Gajah Mada street is so crowded with shops and high-rise buildings that seemed to coincide with each other do not want to leave the room at all, there is a building that is quite striking. The building has a very spacious yard, stand strong with an elegant Renaissance zuari furniture architectural style and artistik.Memasuki gate, we will pass the path to the main building which is laid out by using small stones red. In the middle of the page there is a small pond containing lotus plants surrounded by plants. The building is named the National Archives Building. History:
Quote: The building was built in 1760 by Reiner de Klerk (1710 to 1750), as well as the architect of this building Reiner de Klerk was also noted as governor zuari furniture general of the VOC in 1777. The land was very spacious, with a width of 57 M and 164 M long, but first land he owned more broadly is to Krukut river. Houses de Klerk in the past several times changed ownership, zuari furniture so that in the 19th century turned into orphanages. At that time the building began abandoned due to lack of funds for repairs. zuari furniture As a result, in 1900 there were plans to dismantle the house. Batavia Society for Arts and Sciences then lobbied the Dutch government to buy homes De Klerk. They succeeded and the building became the Ministry of Mines. In 1925 the Dutch government to implement the first major restoration in the 20th century on home De Klerk and after completion of the building zuari furniture used as a place to archive until 1992 when the last file was moved to new buildings zuari furniture in Jalan Ampera National Archives. It turns out that even when no save file, the name of this building remains the National Archives building. Then in 1995 the Dutch entrepreneurs in Indonesia zuari furniture to raise funds for the restoration of the house De Klerk who is already in a state of disrepair again, as a birthday gift 50th Indonesian independence from the Dutch to the Indonesian people. The restoration was completed in late 1998. Building:
Quote: Building Museum National Archives of the U-shaped with an additional building at the rear. 2-storey main building, zuari furniture built in red brick with a high roof. Plan of the building reflects the large house plans and classical with the main east-west axis and the second axis north-south. Spacious ground floor. The main door height beautifully decorated ventilation holes on it. In this floor ordinary governor general receives his guests. Here on display some relic of the Dutch period such as cabinets, safes, chairs and desks, a collection of weapons. In this story we see a ceramic picture similar to the one we found in the palace Kasepuhan Cirebon. Namely ceramics that tell the stories contained in the Bible. On this floor there is a small staircase leading to the first floor, which is a more private place. At the end of the ladder looks beautiful zuari furniture decoration. On the second zuari furniture floor there are several large rooms, ranging from the dining zuari furniture room (which is used in the home to Hillary Clinton for dinner during a visit to Indonesia), lukisan2 zuari furniture world map, map of Batavia, Reiner de Klerk bedroom, complete with a bed. The building zuari furniture next to the main building used as administrative offices manage personal business governor general. While there are additional buildings higher once used as house slaves and for storage of goods. In this building displayed some objects related to the history of this building, remodeling history, etc. In the backyard lay beside the green grass flanked left and right by ancient cannon. In halamam zuari furniture there are bells, the bells supposedly called slavery, because it is used to awaken the slaves to start working. From the information we can, this building several times were flooded due to drainage problems, and red batu2 placement as a substitute for asphalt roads is intended to allow the absorption of water into the soil can be better. Because of this building has a unique and elegant design, has a large backyard, and also easy to reach because it is located in the center of the building is often used as a place to hold an event. When we visit, we see the preparation decorate the house and backyard for weddings. Well certainly be elegant and romantic party yes yes, like a Dutch nobleman old days. Condition of the building looks still strong, but we see less manicured probably due to huge costs required to care for the building of this size. Moreover, to get into the building is not charged at all, so it really depends on the donor / sponsor. We also do not have a tour guide during a visit there, only aided by a security officer who told sedikit2