American Hotel, Amsterdam

American Hotel

The hotel in 2012
Location within Amsterdam
General information
Location Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates 52°21′50″N 4°52′53″E / 52.36389°N 4.88139°E / 52.36389; 4.88139
Opening 1900

The American Hotel, locally known as the Hotel Americain, on the Leidseplein in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is a hotel and café restaurant with a Jugendstil reading room.

History

It was built in 1898-1900 by W.Kromhout and W.G.Jansen in the Berlage style. In 1927-1928 an expansion was realized from a design by the architect G.J. Rutgers in collaboration with K. Bakker in 1927-1928. Both the expansion and the café are National Heritage sites.[1]

Dutch Rijksmonument 3403
Dutch Rijksmonument 518484

References

  1. Rijksmonument report

External links

Coordinates: 52°21′50″N 4°52′53″E / 52.36389°N 4.88139°E / 52.36389; 4.88139

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