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Harscamp villa

Coordinates: 52°12′56.45″N 5°16′31.56″E / 52.2156806°N 5.2754333°E / 52.2156806; 5.2754333
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Harscamp
Harscamp (2013)
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General information
Typevilla
ClassificationProvincial monument, 0308/wikinr221
AddressRinglaan 2, Baarn
Completed1912
OwnerSalvation Army
Design and construction
Architect(s)Samuel de Clercq

The Harscamp villa is a municipal monument on the Ringlaan in the Dutch town of Baarn in de province Utrecht. The villa is in the Wilhelminapark, a villa neighborhood which is part of a Rijksmonument.

The house was built in 1912 by shipping magnate L.P.D. Op ten Noort, co-founder of the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij. The slate-covered roof has a lantern on top, with a sailing vessel for a weather vane. The building's stained glass windows have sailing as a common motif.

The symmetric front facade has a central porch with a curved roof. It had structures added on either side; a loggia on the right, and a sunroom on the left. Behind the building was a geometric garden.

Since 1938 the Harscamp is owned by the Salvation Army; for a long time it was in use as a children's home.[1] In 2000, the building was renovated to become a home for unhoused people.[1] A report from the town of Baarn from 2015 noted that the building had served drug addicts but had recently been closed; preparations were underway to make it an assisted living facility.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Baarnaars niet blij met tehuis voor daklozen in De Harscamp"
  2. ^ "Bestemmingsplan Wilhelminapark - Ringlaan 2" (in Dutch). Gemeente Baarn. September 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
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52°12′56.45″N 5°16′31.56″E / 52.2156806°N 5.2754333°E / 52.2156806; 5.2754333