Ronse

Ronse — from Viermaartlaan to Kruisstraat

In Ronse, this route brings together twelve Art Deco buildings built between 1928 and 1937. It starts at two works by Henri Cuvelier, a house on Viermaartlaan (1929) and the group of four houses designed in 1936 for the industrialist A. Gilleman, then follows Léopold Sturbautstraat, with two houses by Raymond Delgutte (1932 and 1933), Cuvelier’s very colourful house (1932) and another of 1937, with a porch on a triangular plan. It then passes a house by Albert Massez (1933), the Van Coppenolle house by the Brussels architect F. Van Meulecom (1931) and the garage Massez built in 1930 for the S.A. L’Union, whose central bay bears the inscription “GARAGE” in Art Deco lettering. Next come Albert Van Laethem’s Café du Boulevard (1928) and the Café Victory, whose façade was remodelled in Art Deco in 1931 and where, according to a plaque of 1926, the socialist textile workers’ union was founded in 1895; the route ends at the row of seven houses by Siméon Van Cauwenberghe (1937).

12 stops · Duration 2h45 · Distance 2 km

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1. Viermaartlaan 21 — Ronse

   Henri Cuvelier · 1929

   Art Deco town house on the Viermaartlaan in Ronse, designed by the architect Henri Cuvelier to plans of 1929.

2. Maisons Art déco Gomar Vandewielelaan — Ronse

   Henri Cuvelier · 1936

   A group of four Art Deco terraced houses in Ronse, designed in 1936 by the architect Henri Cuvelier according to the plans and plinth inscriptions, for the industrialist A.

3. Maison Art déco, Léopold Sturbautstraat 45 — Ronse

   Raymond Delgutte · 1932

   Two-storey Art Deco house under a mansard roof, signed by the architect R.

4. Maison Art déco Cuvelier — Ronse

   Henri Cuvelier · 1932

   A very colourful, playful and authentically preserved Art Deco house, built in 1932 according to the plinth inscription and the plans of the architect Henri Cuvelier.

5. Maison Art déco, Léopold Sturbautstraat 41

   Raymond Delgutte · 1933

   Art Deco house signed 'R. Delgutte, architecte', after a plan of 1933.

6. Maison Art déco, Léopold Sturbautstraat 26 — Ronse

   Henri Cuvelier · 1937

   Colourful Art Deco house designed by the architect Henri Cuvelier in 1937, according to the plinth inscription and the building plan.

7. Maison Art déco, Gefusilleerdenlaan 5 — Ronse

   Albert Massez · 1933

   Art Deco house signed and dated 'A. Massez architecte 1933'.

8. Maison Van Coppenolle, Fostierlaan 49 — Ronse

   F. Van Meulecom · 1931

   Art Deco house built in 1931 for G. Van Coppenolle to designs by the Brussels architect F.

9. Garage Art déco, Pierre D'Hauwerstraat 21 — Ronse

   Albert Massez · 1930

   Garage built in 1930 for S.A. L'Union to designs by the architect Albert Massez.

10. Café du Boulevard — Ronse

    Albert Van Laethem · 1928

    Corner building in the Art Deco style, known as 'Café du Boulevard' or 'Chez Hector Meulenyzer-Debo' after the façade stones, built to a 1928 plan by the architect A.

11. Café Victory — Ronse

    Inconnu · 1931

    The Café Victory in Ronse occupies a house with a 19th-century core where, according to a bronze plaque of 1926, the socialist textile workers' union was founded on 10 March 1895.

12. Ensemble de sept maisons Art déco, Kruisstraat 33-45 — Ronse

    Siméon Van Cauwenberghe · 1937

    A uniform row of seven Art Deco houses built to 1937 plans by the architect Siméon Van Cauwenberghe, as attested by small façade stones in the plinth of numbers 33, 39 and 45.

Translated from the French original.