History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Avenue Houba de Strooper

In Dutch: Houba de Strooperlaan

Avenue Houba de Strooper, in Brussels, has 234 buildings on the Atlas map, for 276 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 37% 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 – 19138
1914 – 194486
1945 – 196957
1970 – 198963
1990 – 200919
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 64: 1905. 24 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: Local notables
Named in: 1906

Louis Houba (1852-1916) fut secrétaire communal de Laeken, avant qu'elle ne soit annexée à Bruxelles-Ville. Il était marié à Clémentine de Strooper (1855-1927). (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives