Just two wooden houses remain in the city, this one on the Zeedijk and the other in the Beguinhof.

After fires devastated the old city the Burgermasters passed an ordinance that all new building should be built in non-flamable materials.

The house is named Het Aepgen is owned by VHdK and its history and details can be found in Huizen in Nederland "Amsterdam" p160.

See also www.bmz.amsterdam.nl/adam/
nl/huizen/zeed1.html