Deventer - Town Hall

(Local Name: Landhuis) On the southeast side of the Grote Kerk in Deventer is the Town Hall (Landhuis), which consists of two medieval buildings, the Landhuis (the original Town Hall) on the Kerkhof and the Wanthuis in Polstraat. In the 17th century the Landhuis was given a gabled front in Renaissance style and the Wanthuis a pilastered side facade (by Philip Vingboons). The imposing stone facade on the Grote Kerkhof was built in 1693 by Jacob Roman. The Town Hall contains a fine group portrait of the burgomasters and councilors of Deventer (1667) by Gerard Terborch, who was himself a town councilor towards the end of his life.