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118: 134: 17: 227: 28: 126: 157:. That hofje was considerably renovated during his lifetime, but he found it still needed improvements for the residents. In his will he stipulated that a new hofje should be built in his name and the old hofje premises sold (and the premises were then sold to the oldest surviving hofje foundation in Haarlem, the 'Vrouwe- en Antonie Gasthuys'). The "new" hofje is by far the most impressive and imposing hofje in Haarlem. 63: 49: 35: 193:
Diocese, which was used for meetings of the 'Economical branch of the Dutch Society for Science', would have impressed Teyler. It took several years to build the Catholic Diocese, from 1760 to 1772, and Pieter Teyler van der Hulst would have attended the meetings there as a member, but he could not become a board member due to his religion. He was a
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It would have been Teyler's express wish to have his hofje located on the Spaarne, in the same way that the executors of his will defining the Teyler's Museum chose later to build a new front entrance facing the Spaarne and leading visitors to the side entrance of the 'oval room'. The hall of the
197:. In order to get around this, he founded his own 'society of science', which later became the Teylers Museum. Ironically, both his museum and the Dutch Society of Science are now across from each other on the Spaarne and were merged in 1831. 317: 184:, where Teyler's house is located. His museum, which is located in the back garden of his house, competed with the Dutch Society of Science for scientific research. 141:, was originally built by Pieter Joosten Boogaert as a Mennonite hofje in ca. 1620. Teyler bought it several generations later in 1752 from the Mennonite Coymans. 523: 518: 288: 508: 462: 347: 339: 173:
just north of this hofje. The first building they would see across the Spaarne was the immense classical building of the
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close to it. Pieter Teyler van der Hulst founded a hofje when his wife died in 1752 and he then purchased the
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Deugd boven geweld, Een geschiedenis van Haarlem, 1245–1995, edited by Gineke van der Ree-Scholtens, 1995,
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objects in the 1780s in Haarlem. The hofje has a neo-classical facade and the doorway is flanked by
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The hofje currently known as the Vrouwe- en Antonie Gasthuis on the Klein Heiligland behind the
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In Teylers's day, most visitors to the city of Haarlem from Amsterdam would travel by
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along the 'Stadsbuiten' canal (now the Papentorenvest street) joining the
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Teylers Hofje, as seen from inside the main gate during the spring.
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This hofje was built by the popular contemporary architect
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Teylers Hofje - view from the garden back towards the gate.
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The current hofje was built in 1787 from the legacy of
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Teylers Hofje is located in Haarlem
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Teylers Museum
Vrouwe- en Antonie Gasthuys
hofje
Haarlem
Netherlands



Frans Hals Museum
Pieter Teyler van der Hulst
Teylers Museum
Kolder hofje
trekschuit
Spaarne
Catholic
Diocese
Damstraat
Mennonite
Leendert Viervant
neo-classical
Doric columns
Rijksmonument
19507
ISBN
90-6550-504-0
ISBN
90-6097-027-6

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