History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Avenue Général Eisenhower

In Dutch: Generaal Eisenhowerlaan

Avenue Général Eisenhower, in Schaerbeek, has 128 buildings on the Atlas map, for 137 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 57% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 42% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 191354
1914 – 194473
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 35: 1906. 38 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

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: Foreign figure
Named in: 1944

Le général Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) fut le commandant en chef des forces armées alliées en Europe durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Par la suite, il se présentera aux élections présidentielles étasuniennes, qu'il gagnera en 1952. Il sera ainsi président des Etats-Unis jusqu'en 1961. (remark in French, as published)

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