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Date: 1894 : 1903-1905 Type: Offices and Residential Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 22°40'45.62" S 14°31'27.39" E Alt: 14m

Built in 1894 as offices and residential quarters for the senior officials of the Damara and Namaqua Trading Company. Extensions were made in 1903-1905 and wood paneled offices were added. (Swakopmund Self Guided Tour, accessed 2016 08 26) Transcription of the English section of The National Monuments Council plaque: THE WOERMANN HOUSE WAS DESIGNED IN 1904 BY THE ARCHITECT HOFT AND ERECTED IN 1905 FOR THE DAMARA- UND NAMAQUA-HANDELSGESELLSCHAFT. THE ARCHI- TECTURE AND DECORATION ARE TYPICAL OF THAT PERIOD National Monuments Council 1972