The Old Ferry House of Overschie is located on the west side of the Delft Schie opposite the Low Bridge over the Rotterdam Schie and opposite the Overschie village center. Since its construction in 1767, possibly already using older remains of an earlier Veerhuis, the national monument has been through an eventful history.
Originally, the picturesque Veerhuis was built by order of the city of Delft. Delft had a significant say in Overschie. The Veerhuis provided housing for the ferryman and his family, who as a civil servant of the city of Delft had to ferry draft horses and pedestrians from the Schouwgat to the towpath along the Schie. In 1923 the ferry was discontinued and Delft sold the old Veerhuis at public auction.
It continued to house one, temporarily also two families. Via many wanderings, it ended up in the hands of the Augusteijn family after World War II. Mr. Augusteijn conceived the plan to establish a regional museum in the monumental building. This plan was never realized. On the contrary, there came the threat of the demolition hammer.
The building was expropriated by the municipality of Rotterdam in connection with plans to build a road right through the center of Overschie. These never realized plans for which much demolition took place, caused great commotion in Overschie at the time.
                                
 
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