Wilhelminakerk, Rotterdam-Zuid

The Wilhelminachurch in Rotterdam was founded as a new neighborhood church of the then independent "Dutch Reformed Church", split from the Reformed Church IIsselmonde. As well as the Queen's Church in Rotterdam this church could be built thanks to a donation from the sisters Van Dam. The inauguration was followed on November 27, 1898. It was a big church hall on centralizing plan with extended, closed on three sides and front tower apse flanked by two lower stair towers. The apse was accentuated by external gables and a simple storm washers. The interior was fitted with galleries and was dominated by a strong standing pulpit in the choir. The building was a prime example of stylistic innovation in the protestant church building around 1900, resulting from the eclecticism also important work from the work of B. Hooykaas Jr. The church was in the postwar years, widely known by the organ concerts by the famous organist and conductor Feike Asma. As a result of declining church attendance the church in 1972 was decommissioned and demolished in the next year. A large part of the pipes from the organ purchased by the Reformed Church Veenendaal and be used for the organ of the Old Church in Veenendaal.