History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Avenue Palmerston

In Dutch: Palmerstonlaan

Avenue Palmerston, in Brussels, has 22 buildings on the Atlas map, for 27 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 91% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18791
1880 – 191320
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 13: 1893. 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: Belgian state
Named in: 1877

Lord Palmerston (1784 – 1865) joua un rôle important lors de la naissance du jeune État belge depuis son poste de secrétaire aux affaires étrangères en Grande-Bretagne. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives