Grote Houtstraat
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The Grote Houtstraat is a shopping street in Haarlem that connects the Grote Markt to the Houtplein in the direction of the Haarlemmerhout woods.
The older half of the Grote Houtstraat from the corner of the Gedempte Oude Gracht looking North towards the Grote Markt and the St. Bavochurch
The Verweyhal, part of the museum De Hallen on the Grote Houtstraat at the corner of the Anegang
This modest entrance from 1757 which leads to the Doopsgezinde or Mennonite church of 1683, has been made more noticeable with a neon lamp.
The shops in what was once known as the St. Joris Doelen, today called the Proveniershuis. The paintings of the civic guard of St. George by Frans Hals once hung in these two buildings (the building on the right corner was the meeting hall with the residence of the castelein or keeper attached).
The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639 refers to the last and largest schuttersstuk painted by Frans Hals for the St. George civic guard of Haarlem, and today is considered one of the m
The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639 (1639) by Frans Hals
Huis Zwanenburg te Halfweg on the occasion of the visit by Amalia van Solms in 1648, painted by Dirk Maas for Pieter Schatter in 1702
View of the rear entrance to the garden of the St. Jorisdoelen. Large paintings like this one may have pushed out others to be hung in this lowly corridor