The House with the Gnomes was completed in 1884-1885 and named after the beautifully decorated facade with allegorical figures which included angels, eagles and two gnomes. The house is characteristic of architect Antonius Cornelis Boerma (1852-1908) and a true patchwork of architectural styles with renaissance elements and a variety of building materials. Two giant wooden gnomes of two and a half meters height sit on the sides of the dormers of numbers 251 and 255. The gnome on the right is about to throw a red ball to the gnome on the left. According to local folklore, the gnomes only do this at midnight and thus no one has ever seen them play. Another legend tells us that the ball game only takes place on New Year’s Eve or on a leap day.