Lawang Sewu located in the region of Tugu Muda, is a magnificent art deco building, whichis used as the headquarters of the Dutch railway (tram), or better known as the Nederlandsch Indische Spoorweg Maschaappij (NIS). The building work of Dutcharchitect Prof. Jacob F. Klinkhamer and BJ Queendag according to historical recordswas built in 1903, then officially opened on 1 July 1907. Semarang community morefamiliar with this building as the House Lawang Sewu, considering this building has anumber of doors in large quantities, which in the Java language: Lawang Sewu. Lawang means the door and Sewu means a thousand.
In its development after independence, was used as the office of Railway Departmental Agency of Indonesia (DKARI) or now PT. Kereta Api Indonesia. Then for military purposes, is used as an office KODAM IV Diponegoro (which is now centered in WatuGong), and last used as the Office of the Department of Transportation Central Java. Currently the building is included in the 102 ancient or historic buildings in the city of Semarang is used as a tourist attraction with a facility such as historical relics of ancient buildings and antique architects, there is the basement and tower information, oftenused as a place of exhibition in a particular event. (Source: http://semarang.go.id/pariwisata/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=41 ) Special Report, Jan 9, 2011
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