Guild Houses

Guild Houses in Grote Markt. "Most of the houses in the Grand' Place are Guild Houses, formerly belonging to the different corporations, and dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. Of the Renaissance structures on the N. side, two (Nos. 13 & 19 ) were rebuilt in 1900 and 1904. Between these are the Hall of the Coopers (Maison des Tonneliers; No. 15), built in 1579, renewed in 1628, and since freely restored, and the five-storied Guild Hall of the Archers (Maison de la Vieille Arbalète or Oude Voetboog; No. 17), of 1516 (rebuilt in 1580), with a gable in two stories surmounted by a gilded equestrian figure of St. George."--Baedeker 1910. DSC_0154