title: Eberhard Westhofen
text: # 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 Bolkerstraße [de]. In 1854 he moved to Wasserstraße in Schwanenspiegel [de]. In 1888 Westhofen retired and received the Order of the Red Eagle IV. Class. Last residence at Grabbeplatz [de] 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
  