Bank of Indonesia

Bank of Indonesia was design by architects Hulsurt and Cuypers and built in 1909, located at Jalan Pintu Besar Utara No. 3. The building occupies one block; the ground-plan view of the building has specific symmetric classic style with main view and two flanking wings.

The main building is flanked by two towers, the pillars have classic Corinthian motif with Acanthus leaved. The pillars ignore motif of plastic pillars, but linking the wall motif and frame and clearly expressed capital of parapets around the building no longer used bottle-type or square frame but using rosters, and these parapets are provided with pediments and dormer-windows. The roof provided with wooden ridge printed in white. Bank of Indonesia has its origin from NV De Javasche Bank, a Dutch private Bank which obtained chartered right to act as a central bank and circulated in the Netherlands Indies (1928). Through the Government Decision No. 118/1951, a committee for nationalization of De Javasche Bank was established, later Law No. 24/1957 of 6 December 1957, the position of President was in the hand of Mr. Syafrudin Prawiranegara. Through Law No. 11/1953, state Gazetta No. 40/53 Law on Principle of Bank Indonesia was issued which was effective beginning 1 July 1953, “NV De Javasche Bank” was replaced by “Bank of Indonesia” and all of its shares were owned by the Government of the Republic Indonesia.

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