History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Avenue Albert Desenfans

In Dutch: Albert Desenfanslaan

Avenue Albert Desenfans, in Schaerbeek, has 10 buildings on the Atlas map, for 14 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 70% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19137
1914 – 19442
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name: Commemorative name
Theme: Arts and culture

Albert Desenfans (1845-1938), sculpteur. Auteur d’œuvres allégoriques, mythologiques et religieuses dont les sculptures ornent entre autres le Parc de Bruxelles, le Petit Sablon, le Jardin Botanique et le Parc Josaphat. Habita à Schaerbeek, rue Gaucheret 90 puis avenue Claeys. (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.