Reg.Nr. N/164 -1980

Alderssenteret Danckert Krohn, Bergen

D. Krohn's Institute was built in 1789 to serve as an old people's home for "14 members of the distinguished middle class". By 1918 it was decided to tear the house down, it was dilapidated and finally in 1939 the pensioners moved into a new building. In 1964 Bergen Municipality ...
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Title:Alderssenteret Danckert Krohn, Bergen
Entr. year: 1980
Result:Diploma
Country: Norway
Town: Bergen
Category type: architectural heritage
Building type/ Project type: residential building
Former use:Old people’s home
Actual use:Welfare center
Built: 18th century
Architect / Proj.leader: Peter Andersen - Johan L. Andersen - Kjell H. Irgens, Architects
The Jury's citation: "For the comprehensive rehabilitation of an 18th century wooden building"
GPS:60°23'32.4"N 5°19'57.8"E

Description:
D. Krohn's Institute was built in 1789 to serve as an old people's home for "14 members of the distinguished middle class". By 1918 it was decided to tear the house down, it was dilapidated and finally in 1939 the pensioners moved into a new building. In 1964 Bergen Municipality decided to erect a welfare center for aged people on this site. The antiquarian authorities submitted a plan to restore the once prominent old building, making it suitable as a welfare centre by building an additional wing. The alterations on the original building are minimal, keeping the original room-partition and rebuilding the original window sizes.