Hofje van Noblet

It was built in 1761 from the legacy of Leonard Noblet and his sisters Sara en Geertruida.

Because Leonard, Sara and Geertruida had no legal heirs, they decided to construct a common last will.

The women living there had to be at least 50 years old, had to have been single their whole life and had to have been a member of the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk, an old name of the Dutch Reformed Church.

Above the doorway to the Regent's room, a board with the list of names of the regents hangs with the dates of their appointment, which are also the dates of their oval portraits that hang in the two front rooms.

The hofje was renovated in 1992, when the number of houses was reduced from 20 to 16 to allow for modern living requirements.

Front entrance of the hofje.
The hofje (center) is situated on the corner of the Spaarne river and the Nieuwe Gracht canal and the Regents' rooms overlook Haarlem and the Spaarne (thus the name Haerlem en Spaargesigt )
A regent of the hofje posing next to his portrait in the regent's room of the Hofje van Noblet.
The Hofje van Noblet.
Name board "'T Hofje van Noblet begonnen 1758 volbouwt 1760" with the list of names of the regents of the Hofjes Staats and Noblet, starting in 1758-1760