History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Avenue Houzeau

In Dutch: Houzeaulaan

Avenue Houzeau, in Uccle, has 62 buildings on the Atlas map, for 63 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 5 periods, from the 1880s to the 2020s. 19% 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 – 191312
1914 – 19442
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19890
1990 – 200917
since 201029

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 17: 1900. 16 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: Scientists
Named in: 1898

Jean-Charles Houzeau de Lehaie (1820-1888) était journaliste et astronome belge, ainsi que directeur de l’Observatoire royal de Belgique avant son déménagement à Uccle. (remark in French, as published)

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