Rumah Cililitan Besar

During the World War II, the house was occupied by captain Kentaro Tanaka, commander of Kampong Makassar internment camp.

[2] After World War II, the building was used as police dormitory, and later left to deteriorate.

Despite its status as a protected heritage of Jakarta, the structure has been left to deteriorate.

The structure and form of this type of country house reveals a process of gradual adaptation to the tropical climate of Indonesia.

It is a two-storeyed structure, typical of its original Dutch-style house, but with extremely large overhanging roof which projects on all sides, similar with the Javanese joglo-style roof, usually served for Javanese noblemen.

Rumah Cililitan Besar around 1930s.
Rumah Cililitan Besar in 1988 already deteriorates thanks to the police dormitories built around the former mansion.