Eberhard Westhofen

Eberhard Westhofen (1820 1892) was a German architect and building official. He worked as a country architect in Cologne until 1847 and then as 'city architect' in Düsseldorf.

Life In November 1850 he married Johanna, a née von Thenen and moved into a flat on . In 1854 he moved to Wasserstraße by . In 1888 Westhofen retired and received the Order of the Red Eagle IV. Class. Last residence at 2, Eberhard Westhofen died in 1892.

Realisations

Höhere Bürgerschule (Oberrealschule) at Fürstenwall 100, 1888. Neues Rathaus, Düsseldorf, 1884 Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf at Burgplatz, 1883 Chapel in the Nordfriedhof, 1883 New gate at Schlossturm Düsseldorf, 1883 Leichenhaus, Golzheimer Friedhof, 1875 (destroyed during the Second World War) Municipal slaughterhouse in Golzheimer Insel, 1874 Städtisches Lagerhaus, Reuterkaserne 1, 1866. Alte Tonhalle Düsseldorf, 1863 Departemental-Irrenanstalt zu Düsseldorf, from 1879