History of a street · 1120 Brussels

Avenue Antoon van Oss

In Dutch: Antoon van Osslaan

Avenue Antoon van Oss, in Brussels, has 20 buildings on the Atlas map, for 21 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19897
  • 1990 – 200910
  • since 20102

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
Local notables
Named in
1940

Antoine Van Oss (XVIe siècle), seigneur de Hembeek, amman de Bruxelles et châtelain de Vilvorde. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives