{"id":180429,"date":"2021-08-26T19:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/?post_type=plaats&#038;p=180429"},"modified":"2026-09-10T21:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:08:10","slug":"irene-hall","status":"publish","type":"plaats","link":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/place\/irene-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Irene Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 id=\"h-overview\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Irene Hall was a former Dutch Reformed &#8216;School with the Bible&#8217; and later a community hall on Hogestraat in Aalten. It was built in 1884 and demolished around 1980.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irene Hall was a well-known institution in Aalten, and many older residents still have fond memories of it. The building dated from 1884 and was originally established as a Dutch Reformed school at the initiative of <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/persoon\/rev-johannes-hendrik-frederik-gangel\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rev. Gangel<\/a>. When the school moved around 1935 to the new <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten\/stationsstraat-08-wilhelminaschool\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wilhelminaschool<\/a> on Stationsstraat, the building became available to the Association for the Foundation and Maintenance of Christian Interests &#8216;Irene&#8217; in Aalten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-tivoli\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tivoli<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/war-resistance\/world-war-ii\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">war years<\/a>, the German occupiers ordered the name &#8216;Irene&#8217; to be changed because nothing was allowed to be named after the Dutch Royal Family. The building was temporarily called &#8216;Tivoli&#8217;. After the war, performances by Christian music, theatre and gymnastics societies were held there. At the end of 1945, members of the Aalten NSB were imprisoned in Irene Hall after being marched through Aalten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-demolition\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Demolition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irene Hall was demolished around 1980 after the De Pol activity centre came into use. Because of the considerable difference in level between the site behind the building and Beeklaan to the east and Varsseveldsestraatweg to the north, the area became known as the &#8216;Irene pit&#8217;. Houses and flats now stand on the site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 id=\"h-address-history\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Address history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-population-register-1900-1910\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population register 1900\u20131910<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aalten 160 &gt; A205<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-population-register-1910-1920\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population register 1910\u20131920<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aalten A205 &gt; B209<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-address-directory-1934\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Address directory 1934<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aalten B209 &gt; Hoogestraat 74<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Irene&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-address-directory-1967\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Address directory 1967<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hogestraat 74<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Irene Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 id=\"owners\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Owners<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This overview is incomplete.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Year<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Plot<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Owner<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1911<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">I-5425<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 id=\"h-images\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Images<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6aa33ef0e7613&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6aa33ef0e7613\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"424\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" 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src=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Appartementen-in-het-Gat-van-Irene-Aalten.jpg\" alt=\"Flats in the 'Irene pit', Aalten\" class=\"wp-image-71580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Appartementen-in-het-Gat-van-Irene-Aalten.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Appartementen-in-het-Gat-van-Irene-Aalten-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Appartementen-in-het-Gat-van-Irene-Aalten-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Appartementen-in-het-Gat-van-Irene-Aalten-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" 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2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Cadastral map extract, 1911 (plot I-5425)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6aa33ef0ed68e&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6aa33ef0ed68e\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"363\" height=\"54\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" 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