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halls by adding another floor to the building and connecting it to the adjacent house. A new facade was added to the building in 1733, depicting the coat of arms of the city of
Amsterdam at the top, as well as five smaller coats of arms between the windows below: the coat of arms of the civic guard and those of four
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Amsterdam. Its role as shooting range and headquarters of the civic guard ended in 1672, when the building was rented out to an innkeeper. In the late 17th century, the inn was expanded with additional rooms and
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to eat, drink and smoke. In 1650 the city gave permission for houses to be built on the former shooting ranges of the Hand- and
Voetboogdoelen. For these houses, two new streets were constructed: the Handboogstraat and Voetboogstraat.
193:(longbowmen's civic guard), and the associated building was completed around 1512. Like the adjacent Voetboogdoelen (established in 1458), the shooting range extended from the Singel canal to the back side of the houses on
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were added to the building, the first known examples of bay windows in
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established his first laboratory in the building. He remained there until about 1883, when his laboratory was moved to a new building on
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in the late 18th century. For instance, a large feast was held in the banqueting hall in 1786 to celebrate a Dutch alliance with
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painted a wall covering for the
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637:"The Company of Captain Dirck Jacobsz Rosecrans and Lieutenant Pauw, Cornelis Ketel, 1588", Rijksmuseum
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square. It dates back to the early 16th century and originally served as headquarters and
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assumed a primarily social function. The wealthiest and most powerful citizens of
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canals respectively. The Handboogdoelen civic guard was armed with
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which ultimately led to a full-blown war of independence, the
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and two other directors of the civic guard of longbowmen
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