Renovation
Four years later, the town council of Waspik decided to buy this building for the sum of fl. 13,000 and rebuild it into a town hall for fl. 8,000. The space in the previous town hall was no longer adequate. Mayor P.N. Dekkers was the first mayor to get his own office. The office where the Waspik police got its office was located in an extension on the west side. The police station was moved to Burgemeester Gescherstraat in 1982. The old office near the city hall was demolished in 1983 and then a new wing was built on the building. This new office had, for the time, a modern look and a totally different style from the former villa.
The original villa was a two-story mansion with a hipped roof and a flat roof on top. The building featured corner pilasters and a circular cornice. The facades have block plasterwork imitating natural stone. The beautiful balcony that graced the actual front facade on Council House Street was removed years ago. When the De Roon family lived here, this property, on both Raadhuisstraat and Veerstraat, had a beautiful fence with bluestone posts between them. This large wrought iron fence has been preserved and now stands, since 1938, on Spoorstraat. Until the municipal redivision in 1997, the building continued to serve as the Waspik Town Hall. The property is called "The Old Council House," so there are two properties in the Council House Street to which this predicate applies.
