Wisma Merapi Indah I is located in Kaliurang Hamlet, Hargobinangun Village, Kapanewon Pakem, Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta. The building is a vita or resting place and has been designated as a Cultural Heritage Building because it has important value for the history of the Indonesian Nation. Wisma Merapi Indah I was once used as a resting place for Ir. Sukarno at the Three Nations Conference on January 3, 1948 in Kaliurang.
Kaliurang was originally one of the appanage lands in the Sultanate of Yogyakarta. This information is based on the report of the Resident of Yogyakarta (Gegevens Over Djokjakarta 1925 and 1926) written by L.F. Dingemans. The appanage land in Pakem kelurahan was controlled by Prince Puger during the reign of Sultan Hamengku Buwono II. In the 1830s plantations developed in the vorstenlanden area. Plantations require extensive and fertile land, in the form of apanage soil. For plantation expansion, there has been a change in the use of appanage land where the land is leased by the plantation company from the land rights holders (apanage holders). The use of oponoge land for plantations also occurred in the Pakem area, namely in the form of Nile (indigo) plantations cultivated by Prince Adipati Mangkubumi which at that time became the Pakem appanage around 1880. In 1912/1913 a regulation was issued which abolished appanage land outside Yogyakarta. Mr. Versteeg is the last recorded manager of the Pakem appanage land.
The use of the Kaliurang area as a resort area began in 1885 during the reign of Sultan Hamengku Buwana VII, at that time Prince Adipati Mangkubumi as the ruler of the Pakem appanage built a resort. In 1919 Kaliurang was designated as a residential area based on the Decree of the Yogyakarta Resident No. 927/ 42 dated January 22, 1919. Furthermore, during the reign of Resident Jonquiere, there was a policy that the area to the north and west of the Pakem-Kaliurang road was the territory of the free Sultanate (vrijdomein). The colonial government took over the Kaliurang area and obtained a permit to carry out the construction. After improving the quality of roads and the existence of the sultan's guest house, many parties began to build resorts and an increase in the number of tourists. This condition can be seen from the construction of the bungalows, where in 1925 there were only twelve bungalows, a year later two bungalows were added, one of which belonged to the Sultanate of Yogyakarta. The Dutch pioneered the construction of rest houses in Kaliurang in the 1930s by building 30 private bungalows. In addition to the bungalows, they also built a network of semi-permanent roads that could pass various vehicles to interesting places in the Kaliurang complex. After independence, the bungalows and rest houses left by their previous owners were taken over by native people. The bungalows in Kaliurang are owned by plantation officials in the Yogyakarta area, especially coffee and taboo plantation officials. One of these rest houses is Wisma Merapi Indah I, owned by Wahyu Biyantoro, S.H., a descendant of H. Digdo Sudarmo (Owner of NV. Baker).
In the United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss Military Aggression 1 which was launched by the Netherlands on July 21, 1947. The United Nations called on Indonesia and the Netherlands to carry out a ceasefire, and as soon as possible seek a peaceful resolution of the problem. For this reason, the Three Nations Commission or abbreviated KTN was formed to negotiate. Richard C. Kirby, Belgium was chosen by the Netherlands represented by Paul van Zeeland, and the United States as a neutral party represented by Dr. Frank Graham.
Special Negotiations between the Republic of Indonesia and the Three Nations Commission Held on January 13, 19443 at Kaliurang. KTN is a committee formed by the UN Security Council to mediate conflicts between Indonesia and the Netherlands. This committee is known as the Committee of Good Offices for Indonesia, the Three Nations Commission (KTN), because it consists of three countries, namely Paul Van Zeeland (Belgium), Richard Kirby (Ausralia), and Dr Frank Graham (USA). ). The Republic of Indonesia was represented by President Soekarno, Vice President Moh Hatta, PM Syahrir and General Soedirman. The Kaliurang negotiations gave birth to the Kaliurang Minutes. The contents of the Kaliurang Minutes were to control directly the cessation of shooting in accordance with UN resolutions, to mediate conflicts between Indonesia and the Netherlands, and to set up markers for the status quo area assisted by the TNI.
The negotiations that resulted in the Kaliurang Minutes were held at the Kaliurang Villa. While attending the negotiations, the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Ir. Soekarno rested in the building which is now called Wisma Merapi Indah I which is located near Villa Kaliurang. Wisma Merapi Indah I used to rest Ir. Sukarno as one of the representatives of the Indonesian nation, while attending the negotiations. Wisma Merapi Indah I is part of history because it was once used as a resting place for Ir. Soekarno (President of the Republic of Indonesia) during the negotiations.
The Wisma Merapi Indah I building is a villa or resting house, consisting of a 210 m2 main building, a pavilion building and a 108.6 square meter garage. The main building consists of a living room, three one bedrooms, a kitchen, storeroom and bathroom. The building stands on a foundation of andesite stone composition with species or a mixture of binding materials in the form of lime, sand and cement. The floor was originally made of gray tiles, but the living room floor was replaced with tiles. The walls of the house are made of andesite stones which are speciated, the andesite stones are painted black, while the cement adhesive is painted white. Half of the inner wall of the house on the south side and on the east side of the numb wall are added with wooden panels made of clear glass, which are equipped with three sliding doors. The main building has a pyramid-shaped roof covered with roof tiles and is decorated with cement-shaped jasmine flowers at the top. Wisma Merapi Indah I is a building with a colonial architectural style. European style is reflected in the use of many glass pane windows with geometry. The typical architectural characteristics of the slopes of Merapi can be seen in the use of volcanic stone on the entire outer wall of the building. The use of volcanic stone is very expressive because of the use of white paint for the adhesive between the stones for the outer surface of the wall so that it appears very striking or contrasting.
The Wisma Merapi Indah I building exhibits a unique design. In the Kaliurang area there are many villa buildings, but none of them are the same both in terms of exterior and interior, even though in terms of location they are in the same area. The Wisma Merapi Indah I building has a 2,600 m2 courtyard with a perimeter fence made of andesite stone and iron pillars and barbed wire and has two courtyard entrances.
The building still survives according to its original appearance, except for the roof covering, which was originally made of ironwood shingles, which has been replaced with clay tiles due to considerations of ease of obtaining materials and carrying out repairs. The condition of the building is still good and well maintained. Based on the previous history of repairs, the entire roof of the ancillary building was made of shingle roofs, namely roofs made of iron wood or other materials. Currently, the entire roof has been replaced with a frog tile roof.