School of Business and Economics
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Tongersestraat 6-8
School of Business and Economics
Service Science Factory - Commandant’s House The building has a rich history and dates from the seventeenth century, but some of its elements go back to the medieval period, such as the massive walls that in fact divide the structure into three buildings. It was built in the Mosan Renaissance style, which is clearly reflected in the façade, marked as it is by the colorful effect of the three building materials characteristic of this style: reddish brown bricks, yellowish chalkstone and the grayish blue limestone. In 1725, the city government decided to combine four existing houses along the Tongersestraat into a single new structure: the Commandant’s House. After the governor of the garrison, the commandant was the highest ranking military in the fortified town of Maastricht. In 1772 the Commandant’s House was remodeled: the windows were lowered to add more symmetry to the façade’s look. Between 1796 and 1811, when this region was part of the French Empire, the building housed a criminal court. As of 1811 it served as a regional courthouse, first of the Lower Meuse Department, and, later on, of the Province of Limburg. After in 1829 the court had moved to the former Second Minderbroeders Church (today, the university’s main administrative office), the ‘Commandement’ was turned into a private residence. In the early twentieth century, the owners drastically remodeled the crosswise building and the back part of the house; the stables were turned into a notary’s office. From 1956 to 1986, the Nederlandse Kredietbank would use the building for its banking activities, after which it was purchased by Maastricht University.
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