Green site of Sarona Gardens story of Sarona Tennis Court and Decorative fence

Tennis court

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The story of the fence starts near the yard of Otto Venus the carpenter of Sarona. Initially the yard was vegetable garden. In ~1925 when tennis became popular, the Templers built on the yard tennis court and small club house in the corner. When Otto Venues built new modern house in 1929 over his workshop, the surface of the tennis court was concreted by Josef & Hugo Wennagel. Between the Tennis court and the yard a special decorative fence was built It was made of Wieland Cement bricks, metal poles, grid & decorative steel edges.

Venus Workshop in 1910

Venus yard and vegetable garden before 1925

Decorative fence in Saronaגדר דקורטיבית בשרונה

New Venus house in 1930

The new Venus workshop

Tennis club

The Tennis Court and Glenk house in ~1925

The Shack (Baracke) in the yard of Baldenhofeer Carl house, was Israeli army office until 2006

The grass surface was previously Sarona Tennis Court.

Close to the Shack west wall we found 5 poles of an old fence with 3

decorative edges left .

the old cypress trees and the bush guarded the fence for many years. We took out the fence poles before

the Shack was destroyed .

The Tennis court was located behind Baldenhofer's house, A narrow path led along the side of the house which provided access to the Tennis court.

Carl Baldenhofer was employed as a patternmaker at Wagner's Foundry and did engineering works, the fence with metal decorative edges was

probably his idea .

Carl Baldenhofer House

Ben Gurion Library in 1950 INC

Decorative fence in Saronaגדר דקורטיבית בשרונה

1905 Gitterspitzen & Zaunspitzen catalog of KWHW Königl. Württ. Hüttenwerk Wasseralfingen

Sarona Zaunspitzen

made by Wagner Bros. Jaffa

The Yard after the shack was destroy on April 2008.

Short terrace made Wieland Cement Bricks was left, grass was planted.

Before the process of fence restoration starts we made photo simulation of the fence

Old Venus Otto House

Ten new Metal Edges (Zaunspitzen) were cast in an old Israeli foundry.

The work on the restored fence with seven poles last 3 days, behind the fence you can see how close is Carl Baldenhofer house.

The restored fence with seven metal edges (Zaunspitzen) stands in small green site in the center of Sarona

The fence builders Left: Ory Sofer, Apollo Legismo, Shay Farkash & Dan Arad

The fence project was funded by Gani- Sarona, project of Tel-Aviv municipality

Wood sign was hang above the fence

On 19 April 2009 members of the Society for Preservation of Heritage Site in Israel with Sarona Gardens management team, celebrate the fence restoration with the Templers group. Two metal edges were given as memory gift to the group leaders, one for TGD the second for TSA.

The Templer group in Sarona near the fence between Carl Baldenhofer House and Venus house, with Dr. Jakob Eisler the speaker.

Edited by: Shay Farkash

Conservator Member of the Society for

Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites

Email: Shay_p-b@zahav.net.il