Bonn tram depot

[4] In 1905, the City of Bonn had the tram depot (Wagenhalle) built, along with a "director's villa" and a carriage shed consisting of a caretaker's building and two horse stalls, to plans from the underground construction office; the chosen site was on the street that was then known as Rheindorfer Straße.

The four-halled building was given a row of something rather like rendered clock gables, four each at the front and the back, with the two middle ones being built somewhat higher and with semicircular projections on top, which were stuccoed and showed images with technological motifs.

[1] About the beginning of the 1970s,[5] the hitherto twelve elegant gates with segmental arches on the façade were replaced with four big rectangular entrances with rollup doors.

Once it had been determined that the property was contaminated land, there ensued a three-year legal dispute, which ended in 1997 with a settlement: the buyer was reimbursed 3.5 million marks.

[5] The office space in the hall, which was built to modern requirements, and in agreement with the authorities responsible for monumental protection, comprises some 4,620 square metres (including traffic and functional areas).