Design for new Government House in Nieuw-Amsterdam

Title Leupe: Plans, platte gronden, opstanden voor gebouwen voor de nieuwe stad, het gouvernement enz.

After Herlin and Van der Hart’s 1785 designs for a new government house in Berbice had been rejected, Jan van Schoonenbeek also put forward a proposal in 1791, the view and profile across the width of which are presented here. Following the approval of the directors, this finally became the design upon which the governor’s residence in 1792-1794 was actually built.

Scale-bar of 100 [feet] = [approximately 1 : 65].