History of a street · 1090 Jette

Avenue Secrétin

In Dutch: Secrétinlaan

Avenue Secrétin, in Jette, has 11 buildings on the Atlas map, for 13 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 5 periods, from the 1800s to the 1950s. 64% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18491
1850 – 18793
1880 – 19133
1914 – 19442
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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: 1919

Jan-Frans Secrétin (1840, Malines – 1925, Bruxelles) prêtre de la paroisse Saint-Pierre à Jette pendant 25 ans. Durant la Première Guerre mondiale, ses actions en faveur des paroissiens ont été remarquées. (remark in French, as published)

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