Groote Schouwburg [Rotterdam, NL]
type: Item
label: Groote Schouwburg
description: Theatre building in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
description: schouwburg (1887-1940) in Rotterdam @nl
EUTA building identifier: 1671
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: The Netherlands
City: Rotterdam
GPS: Point(4.4767 51.9212)
Wikidata source: Q45407664
Burnt down date: 1940-05-14T00:00:00Z
opening date: 1884-05-03T00:00:00Z
demolished: 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z
architect: Jan Verheul
Wikidata instance: Q19860854
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Address: Aert van Nesstraat
Carthalia ID: 519
Modern Opera Houses index: Descriptive text, II. p. 49 ; View of lounge, II. p. 48 ; Block plan, II. p. 49 ; Front elevation, II. PI. 90; Longitudinal section, II. PI. 90; Plan area, II. PI. 91 ; Plan 1st tier, II. PI. 91 ; Plan 2nd tier, II. PL 92 ; Transverse section, II. PI. 92 ; Diagram of box-front line, III. p. 63 ; Fire- resisting curtain, III. p. 116; Skeleton section of auditorium, III. PI. opp. p. 62 ; Skeleton plan of auditorium, III. PI. opp. p. 62 ; Stage: Descrptive text. III. S. pp. 27-29 ; Plan of stage floor, III. S. p. 27 ; Stage: Transverse section, III. S. p. 28 ; Longitudinal section, III. S. p. 28 ; Plans of ‘fly’ gallery and ‘gridiron,’ III. S. p. 27: Plans of ‘under machinery’ and ‘cellar/ III. S. p. 29 ; Cost and dimensions, III. p. 19.
structure replaced by: Theater Zuidplein (old) [Rotterdam]
reopening date: 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Opened 1887. Destroyed by bombs on 14 May 1940. [After World War II, a new Groote Schouwburg was built at another location on Zuidplein. Later renamed Theater Zuidplein.]