Haarlem - Teylers Hofje

Returning to the town center on Jansweg and crossing the Nieuwe Gracht (at No. 2 of which is the Hofje van Noblet of 1761), we continue along the Spaarne on the Koudenhorn. In this street is the former old men's home and orphanage of the Diakonie (1768), now the police headquarters. At No. 64 is Teylers Hofje, a group of almshouses built in 1785-87 with money bequeathed by Pieter Teyler van der Hulst, with a handsome neo-classical facade and a doorway flanked by Doric columns.