History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Avenue Docteur Decroly

In Dutch: Dokter Decrolylaan

Avenue Docteur Decroly, in Uccle, has 65 buildings on the Atlas map, for 67 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 45% 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 – 19441
  • 1945 – 196929
  • 1970 – 198926
  • 1990 – 20098
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 29: 1941.

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
Scientists
Named in
1933

Jean-Ovide Decroly (1871-1932) était un pédagogue et psychologue de renom. Il est devenu célèbre pour ses méthodes pédagogiques nouvelles expérimentées successivement dans deux établissements scolaires qu'il créa à Uccle. (remark in French, as published)

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