National Archives Building, Jakarta, Archive building in West Jakarta, Indonesia.

The National Archives Building, formerly Reinier de Klerk's house Grogol, is a two-storey white-plastered villa built around 1760 on the Molenvliet canal. Its steep hipped roof of reddish-brown tiles carries two small white finials, and tall shuttered windows flank a doorway with a carved, gilded surround. Inside were reception rooms, an office, a warehouse and slave quarters; two pavilions with Cape gables once stood at either side.

Reinier de Klerk, a member of the Council of the Indies, bought three adjoining plots along the Molenvliet between 1755 and 1758 and had the house built around 1760; he became governor-general in 1777. After his widow lived there five years, it was sold repeatedly until the Reformed Church deaconry used it as an orphanage from 1844. Threatened with demolition, it was bought by the colonial government in 1899, housed the Mining and Survey Service, and from 1925 served as the Landsarchief.

The house is named Grogol after its estate on the Molenvliet canal, dug after 1648. De Klerk built it around 1760 with reception halls, an office, a warehouse and slave quarters, and earned his fortune through private trade outside the VOC, a practice forbidden yet common among high company officials. Since 1999 it has hosted cultural events and exhibitions.

The house stands on the west bank of the former Molenvliet canal, now Jalan Gajah Mada, about fifteen minutes by carriage from the walled old town in the 18th century. The grounds once stretched from the canal to the Krukut river, roughly twice today's plot. Enter from the street side; the main building faces the water.

The restoration completed in 1999 was funded by Dutch businesses and reopened the galleries that had been walled shut; a drainage system was added outside to protect the house from the regular floods. The Dutch-Indonesian team of architects received the UNESCO Award of Excellence in 2002.