![COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Societeit De Harmonie Batavia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Societeit_De_Harmonie_Batavia._TMnr_60009338.jpg)
The Harmony Society () was an elite social club in
Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Batavia was the capital of the Dutch East Indies. The area corresponds to present-day Jakarta, Indonesia. Batavia can refer to the city proper or its suburbs and hinterland, the Ommelanden, which included the much-larger area of the Residency ...
. It was the oldest clubhouse in Asia when it was demolished.
[ The construction of the group's building included the former bricks of the wall of Old Batavia. It was demolished for road widening and parking area in 1985. Activities at the club included cards and billiards.][ Indigenous people were excluded from the club.][
J.C. Schultze was the building's architect and also designed the ]Jakarta Art Building
, image = Gedung Kesenian Jakarta, 2018.jpg
, image_alt =
, caption = Front entrance of ''Gedung Kesenian Jakarta''
, former_names = ''Batavia Schouwburg'' (Dutch colonial era), ''Sin'tsu Cekizyoo'' ...
(Batavia Schouwburg).
The society building was constructed to convince Europeans to move from the old city centre (now Kota, Jakarta
Kota Tua Jakarta ( Indonesian for "Jakarta Old Town"), officially known as Kota Tua, is a neighborhood comprising the original downtown area of Jakarta, Indonesia. It is also known as (Dutch for "Old Batavia"), ("Lower City", contrasting it wi ...
) to the more southerly area of Weltevreden.[ The style of the building is Neoclassical. The area around it has been referred to as ‘Harmoni’ and its destruction prompted increased awareness of Indonesia's colonial heritage.][Changing views on colonial heritage]
by Pauline van Roosmalen page 127
The club in Central Jakarta was located at the intersection of Jalan Veteran and Jalan Majapahit (called Rijswijk and Rijswijkstraat respectively during the Dutch colonial era).
The first societeit club built in Batavia was at Buiten Nieuwpoorstraat (now Jalan Pintu Besar Selatan) in West Jakarta. In 1810, Governor General Herman Willem Daendels
Herman Willem Daendels (21 October 1762 – 2 May 1818) was a Dutch revolutionary, general and politician who served as the 36th Governor General of the Dutch East Indies between 1808 and 1811.
Early life
Born in Hattem, Netherlands, on 21 Octob ...
dispatched Major Schultze, designer of Daendels Palace
The A.A. Maramis Building is an early 19th century building in Jakarta, Indonesia. It hosts the headquarters of the Indonesian Ministry of Finance.
The building was built following Dutch East Indies Governor General Herman Willem Daendels's inte ...
at Waterlooplein
Waterlooplein (Waterloo Square) is a square in the centre of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The square near the Amstel river is named after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The daily flea market on the square is popular with tourists. The Stopera ...
, to design the large clubhouse.
He wanted it to compete and undermine the influence of the Freemasons and it was part of his plan to move the administrative center of Batavia to the southern district of Weltevreden.[Batavia in 19th century photographs by Scott Merrillees] The building was budgeted to cost 105,000 rijksdaalder
The ''rijksdaalder'' (Dutch, "Imperial dollar") was a Dutch coin first issued by the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands in the late 16th century during the Dutch Revolt which featured an armored half bust of William the Silent. It was the ...
s and Batavia in the Nineteenth Century Photographs.[ After the British attacked Batavia in Aug 1811, construction was overseen by the new British Lieutenant-Governor of Java ]Thomas Stamford Raffles
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (5 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) was a British statesman who served as the Lieutenant-Governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816, and Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824. He is ...
with a construction cost of 360,000 rijksdaalders.[ Abdul Hamied was the building's contractor. Construction was completed in late 1814 and the Harmonie club opened on January 18, 1815, to coincide with the official birthday of Queen Charlotte, wife of the then British King George III.][ Raffles included collections from the museum and library of the Batavian Society of Arts and Science in the building's annex.][ ]G. Windsor Earl
G is the seventh letter of the Latin alphabet.
G may also refer to:
Places
* Gabon, international license plate code G
* Glasgow, UK postal code G
* Eastern Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with ...
visited.[ A Dutch cultural fair (]Kermis
Kermesse, or kermis, or kirmess, is a Dutch language term derived from 'kerk' (church) and 'mis' (mass) that became borrowed in English, French, Spanish and many other languages, originally denoting the mass said on the anniversary of the foundat ...
) was held at the club and the Harmonie hosted a party for the 250th anniversary of the city of Batavia May 29, 1869. The clubhouse's site is now a park and parking lot of the State Secretariat office.[Clubhouse Harmonie now a parking lot]
by Ida Indawati Khouw The Jakarta Post December 09 2000
Gallery
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Sociëteit Harmonie en de winkel van Oger Frères in Batavia TMnr 60043590.jpg, The Harmony Society and Oger Frères restaurant
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Zwemmende kinderen in de Molenvliet ter hoogte van sociëteit Harmonie te Batavia TMnr 60022429.jpg, Children swimming by the club
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Tuin van sociëteit Harmonie Batavia TMnr 60022744.jpg, Garden area
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het gebouw van de sociëteit 'De Harmonie' op Rijswijk. TMnr 60005137.jpg, Harmonie Club in Batavia
References
See also
*List of colonial buildings and structures in Jakarta
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
External link
*{{commonscatinline
Buildings and structures in Jakarta
Colonial architecture in Jakarta