Jacob (Jaap) Frederik Klinkhamer (born 21 June 1854 in Amsterdam; died 12 December 1928 in

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) was a Dutch architect and professor of architecture. He designed several buildings in the Netherlands,

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and

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Career

Klinkhamer studied in

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at the then Polytechnic, where in 1878 he graduated as a civil engineer. He started in 1882 as an independent architect in Amsterdam. With Dolf van Gendt he designed the Granary Korthals Altes (ca. 1895). He designed railroad building including Main II (Utrecht, ca. 1893), an office building for the NISM (Semarang, circa 1902) and the station building of

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and Baarn Station (both about 1897). He also designed villas and houses. Several of his works are recognized as significant. He worked with John Springer, B.J. Ouëndag and

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. From 1905 to 1 September 1924 he was Professor of Civil Engineering in Delft. He married Margaret Elizabeth Bosscha, daughter of the professor / director John Bosscha Jr. and they had six children. He died at the age of 76 years in The Hague and was cremated in Westerveld.

Works

*Headquarters of the Dutch East Indian Railway in Semarang * Station Soestdijk (ca. 1897) *Goods shed belonging to Station Soest (ca. 1897) *Monumental villa in

(c.1903, Prince Mauritslaan 1). The design is Klinkhamer and Ouëndag. *Gravemarker of Gerardus Frederik Westerman (Amsterdam, ca. 1891) *Granary Korthals Altes

Gallery

File:De beeldenzaal van de Maatschappij Felix Meritis Rijksmuseum SK-C-537.jpg, The sculpture gallery of the

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Society in Amsterdam with portraits of the Commissioners and Directors, plaster casts of antique statues, busts and reliefs as well as depictions of member artists including Klinkhamer File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het hoofdkantoor van de Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS) in Semarang TMnr 10032316.jpg, Headquarters of the Dutch East Indian Railway in

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Sources

* 'Professor JF Klinkhamer † "in the Algemeen Handelsblad, 13 December 1928 * "Cremation Professor JF Riveter" in the Algemeen Handelsblad, 16 December 1928 * 'Professor JF Klinkhamer deceased "in Time, 13 December 1928 *Baalman D. (1992), Inventory of the archive JF Klinkhamer (1854-1928), Dutch Architecture Institute, Amsterdam {{DEFAULTSORT:Klinkhamer, J.F. 1854 births 1928 deaths 19th-century Dutch architects 20th-century Dutch architects Architects from Amsterdam Delft University of Technology alumni Academic staff of the Delft University of Technology Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion