Jules Bilmeyer

Flemish architect

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Eugène Siberdt - Portrait of the architect Jules Bilmeyer
The church Saint Job in Uccle.

Julius Petrus Bilmeyer (Berchem, 4 November 1850 – Berchem, 13 June 1920) was a Flemish architect and professor at the Antwerp Academy.

Bilmeyer enrolled in the architecture courses at the Antwerp Academy from 1865 to 1870. He worked simultaneously at the architecture office of the Baeckelmans brothers: Frans Clemens Baeckelmans (1827–1896) and Jan Lodewijk Baeckelmans (1835–1871).

Built work

List of built churches and cloisters in Belgium:

  • monastery and basilica of the Holy Hart in Antwerp
  • church Virgin of Mercy in Antwerp
  • church Saint Anthony in Antwerp
  • church Carlo Saint-Job in Ukkel
  • church Saint-Katarina in Antwerp
  • church Saint Anthony of Padua in Essen
  • church St. Luciakerk in Oosterlo
  • church Assumption of Mary in Wuustwezel
  • church St. Nicholas in Morkhoven
  • restoration of the church in Eppegem
  • monastery en chapel of Franciscan Sisters in Antwerp

Housing projects built by Bilmeyer and Van Riel:

  • Carolus-Magnus dwellings in Berchem
  • Inventory Hystorical Buildings
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