Eugene Siberdt - Portrait of the architect Jules Bilmeyer

Julius Petrus Bilmeyer (

Berchem Berchem () is a southern Districts of Antwerp, district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. Berchem is located along the old ''Grote Steenweg'' (Dutch language, Dutch for 'Big Paved Road') that has connected ...

, 4 November 1850 – Berchem, 13 June 1920) was a

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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

External links

Inventory Hystorical Buildings

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bilmeyer, Jules Belgian architects 1850 births 1920 deaths People from Berchem