Waregem

Waregem — from Henri Lebbestraat to Westerlaan

In Waregem, this route brings together nine Art Deco buildings from 1930 to 1945. It starts at the shop-house of the cabinetmaker Maurice Loquet and the weaver Ivo Loquet (1933), then passes the house with integrated garage that the Waregem architect Gentiel Van Eeckhoutte designed for the trader Adolf Staelens (1933), the house of the seed merchants Bertha and Julien Delaere (1935), Felix Bohez’s house and printing works (1933) and a 1945 house on Keukeldam. It then reaches a 1934 house on Putmanstraat, a house by Maurice Bovyn (1932) whose central window has stained glass depicting a fountain, and the semi-detached houses built in 1930 for the industrialist brothers Norbert and Armand Desmet, before ending on Westerlaan at the house by L. Van Hoorne, from Roeselare (1932).

9 stops · Duration 2h30 · Distance 3 km

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1. Maison de commerce Art déco, Henri Lebbestraat 41-43 — Waregem

   Inconnu · 1933

   Shop and dwelling in the Art Deco style, built in 1933 for the cabinetmaker Maurice Loquet (no.

2. Maison Art déco, Oscar Verschuerestraat 26 — Waregem

   Gentiel Van Eeckhoutte · 1933

   Art Deco house with a built-in garage, built in 1933 for the merchant Adolf Staelens to designs by the Waregem architect Gentiel Van Eeckhoutte (1906-1963).

3. Maison Art déco, Olmstraat 9 — Waregem

   Inconnu · 1935

   This Art Deco house was built in 1935 by the seed merchants Bertha and Julien Delaere.

4. Maison et imprimerie Art déco, Stationsstraat 51 — Waregem

   Inconnu · 1933

   Art Deco house built in 1933 for the printer Felix Bohez, together with its printing works, replacing or converting an older building.

5. Maison bourgeoise Art déco, Keukeldam 68 — Waregem

   Inconnu · 1945

   This Art Deco house was erected in 1945. Its brown-brick façade, on a base imitating rubble stone, has a recessed entrance under a concrete canopy and a right-hand bay accentuated by an oriel, a balcony and a dormer.

6. Maison Art déco, Putmanstraat 40 — Waregem

   Inconnu · 1934

   Art Deco house of 1934 over a cellar, built of brown brick under a flat roof, its white-painted rendered façade standing on a plinth of imitation rubble stone.

7. Maison Art déco, Stationsstraat 139 — Waregem

   Maurice Bovyn · 1932

   Art Deco house of 1932, built to designs by the Waregem architect Maurice Bovyn (1889-1958).

8. Maisons jumelées Art déco, Olmstraat 111-113 — Waregem

   Inconnu · 1930

   Pair of nearly identical Art Deco houses, built in 1930 for the industrialist brothers Norbert Desmet-Vandekerckhove (no.

9. Maison Art déco, Westerlaan 104 — Waregem

   L. Van Hoorne · 1932

   Art Deco house built in 1932 to designs by the architect L.

Translated from the French original.