The water tower was built between 1912 and 1923. At the start of WW I, the works were halted. The structural work was finished up to the first floor. In 1918 they finally continued with the construction. It was built on top of a heavy concrete slab and is 35m…
his pavilion was first found on the plan of 1887. A simple built pavilion with two four windows at the front, a dormer and a monogram of King Leopold II. Surrounded by paths and a dense vegetation. After the Second World War it was still used as a meeting room…
The complex of the military slaughterhouse was built in the typical Dutch style, as several other buildings in the camp. In the course of the years, the complex was developed. Before the war it consisted of two buildings: the actual slaughterhouse, built in 1850, and a pig farm, built in 1913. The…
The service berths, originally named as the Service de Couchage en Literie, had its base complex along the Hechtelsesteenweg. The basic infrastructure consisted of an L-shaped building containing the central depot and workshops and two buildings on the street side of the Hechtelsesteenweg for the administration. The complex was built in the…
Already in 1837 a large icehouse of 80 m³ was constructed in the Royal Park . In the winter the ice was collected from marshes in the vicinity of the Camp. It was kept in the icehouse and was used by the military hospital to treat swellings or reduce fever, and in…
The building of the military butchery was built in the period 1850-1855. It has an elongated shape and is built in Frisian–Dutch style. The striking white façade with several arches was preserved until today. Have a look at the old postcards too
The construction of the military bakery lasted from 1849 to 1852. The building is symmetrically constructed with a clear span. Against the central element with two floors were in east and west two rooms positioned. Each element had a gable roof which got simple decorative elements. On the long side…
Official residence from 1879 of the responsible of logistics in the camp. Remarkably jutting porch over the two floors of the building and two small dormers. The building still exists and was recently renovated. Check out the old postcards too
Already in 1835 a wooden pavilion was erected for the Minister of War, which was replaced in 1886 by a building in brick. Typically is the central access with advanced neoclassical pediment supported by four Doric columns. Later this pavilion had the function of garrison club for officers for many years…
In 1923 a monastery and chapel were added to the military hospital. In the monastery, that now, among other things, shelters the museum of the ‘Eerste Jagers te Paard’, the nurses who were engaged in the hospital were living.The chapel received the name of Saint-Anna, because this saint was mostly…
