Den Haag (ZH): St. Martha (N. Molenaar Sr., 1908-1909, N. Molenaar Sr., 1924)
The St. Martha was built as the third catholic church in the
Schilderswijk, a workers neighbourhood with, in those days, a large
catholic population. The other two churches were demolished in 1974 and
1975.
It is a three-aisled hall-church in neo-Gothic style.
Architect N. Molenaar Sr.'s design was inspired
by the Grote Kerk in the center of the city, with wide side-aisles in
the form of double transepts. The church was built in two stages. The first part was built
in 1908-1909 and comprises the choir, the nave and the
side-aisles. In 1924 the church was completed by the original
architect's son, N. Molenaar Jr., who extended the nave with a trave, less wide
than the others,
and added the front and the tower. Although these parts had been part of the
original design, they were redesigned by Molenaar jr. in a more moderate neo-Gothic style
with a few hints of Traditionalism, especialy the saddle-back tower.
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