[1] Taats had the Den Esch house built on Kerkstraat in 1840.
This building now has the status of a national monument.
[2][3] In 1844 he bought the Huis te Andelst, which he had demolished two years later.
His parents were Gerrit Jacob Taats and Geertruid Scheers.
[4] This article about a mayor in the Netherlands is a stub.