Monuments in Noord-Holland

R. Stenvert en C. Kolman (2006)

Gepubliceerd op 30-03-2018

The former R.K. St. Michael's Church in Westerblokker

betekenis & definitie

(Westerblokker 44-46) is a three-aisled neo-classicist church, built in 1852-'53 after design by Th. Molkenboer. After 1972, the church was converted into a furniture hall and the upper part of the tower was demolished.

In the cemetery are the grave of pastor L.J. Wisse († 1888), a priest grave with cross (1919) and a H. Hartbeeld (1922, J.P. Maas). The modern R.K. St. Michael's Church (Plantage 29, 1972, J.G. de Groot) with a free-standing steel bell tower.