Former HEAG director's villa
| Former HEAG director's villa | |
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| Data | |
| place | Darmstadt |
| architect | Stephan Braden |
| Architectural style | Wilhelminian style |
| Construction year | 1899 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 51 '10.2 " N , 8 ° 40' 12.2" E |
The former HEAG director's villa is a building in Darmstadt .
Architecture and history
In 1897 the tram route between the city center and the Böllenfalltor was opened. Around 1897, wagon halls were built at the final stop at Böllenfalltor .
In 1899, a representative Wilhelminian style villa was built on the site - as a residential building for the director of the city tram - according to plans by the city architect Stephan Braden .
The building has a tower with a slate roof, half-timbered decorations and a coat of arms in the east gable .
In 1912 HEAG took over the tram depot and the Wilhelminian style villa.
Monument protection
The villa is a typical example of the Wilhelminian style in Darmstadt. For architectural and city history reasons, the building is a cultural monument .
literature
- Günter Fries et al .: City of Darmstadt. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Vieweg, Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , p. 528.