Wohnhäuser Fabrikhof 3/4, Industrial worker housing at Fabrikhof district in Delmenhorst, Germany.
Wohnhäuser Fabrikhof 3/4 are two- and three-storey brick houses with red facades, built around 1890 for senior employees and foremen of the Nordwolle wool factory. They stand by the Nordwolle park on the Delme and have straight or segmental window heads, pilaster strips and dentil-like cornices.
The Nordwolle worsted-yarn works had these brick houses built from about 1890 for senior staff and foremen, part of roughly 26 so-called Beamtenwohnhäuser begun in 1885. The Bremen architect Wilhelm Weyhe designed the early buildings. The workforce grew from 900 in 1887 to 3000 in 1911, and the houses stand with the factory colony as a listed monument group.
The houses are known as the "Beamtenhäuser" of the Nordwolle, built from 1885 for senior staff and foremen, while the Fabrikhof 3/4 pair dates from around 1890. Their brick facades repeat pilaster strips and dentil-like cornices, a rhythm visible along the row. The early buildings were designed by the Bremen architect Wilhelm Weyhe.
The two- and three-storey brick houses of Fabrikhof 3/4 stand together with the other Nordwolle workers' housing near the Delme and the Nordwolle park. They are private homes on a public street, so visitors should view the facades from the pavement and keep to the footpaths.
The houses were built for senior staff and foremen, not ordinary workers: around 26 such Beamtenwohnhäuser went up from 1885. The two- and three-storey brick buildings have straight or segmental window heads, and the early ones were designed by the Bremen architect Wilhelm Weyhe.
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