City Hall, Weesp

The Weesp City Hall is the city hall of Weesp, Netherlands. The main body of the municipality, the municipal council, convenes in the Raadzaal (Council Hall). The administrative offices have moved, but the former Vierschaar and Burgerzaal (Civic Hall) are still used for weddings and other official proceedings. The rest of the building is in use as the local museum of Weesp.

Weesp City Hall
City Hall, today a museum
Alternative namesStadhuis van Weesp
General information
TypeSeat of local government
Architectural styleneo-classical
LocationWeesp
AddressNieuwstraat 41
Coordinates
Completed1776
OwnerGemeente Museum Weesp
Design and construction
ArchitectJacob Otten Husly and Leendert Viervant the Younger

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

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.

References
  1. Rijksmonument report
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