History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Avenue Prudent Bols

In Dutch: Prudent Bolslaan

Avenue Prudent Bols, in Brussels, has 127 buildings on the Atlas map, for 133 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 70% 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 – 18790
1880 – 191333
1914 – 194489
1945 – 19695
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 109: 1910. 51 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: 1914

'À l’origine, l’artère est baptisée rue Prudent Bols, en l’honneur d’un inspecteur d’école qui fut échevin à Laeken de 1900 à 1904. C’est vers 1914 que la rue devient une avenue.' urban (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives