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Wooden Houses, Ypres: Wooden house in the Rijselsestraat

Date

Circa 1910

Location

Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

View taken before damage in World War I (May, 1915). This 16th century house was reconstructed after the war. In 1241 there was a fire in the city which destroyed many of the wooden buildings. The wooden house in the Rijselsestraat is a reconstruction of a 16th century house. At the beginning of the 19th century Ypres had more than 90 wooden houses.

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View taken before damage in World War I (May, 1915). This 16th century house was reconstructed after the war. In 1241 there was a fire in the city which destroyed many of the wooden buildings. The wooden house in the Rijselsestraat is a reconstruction of a 16th century house. At the beginning of the 19th century Ypres had more than 90 wooden houses.
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G. Massiot & cie
Circa 1910
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