History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Boulevard Adolphe Max

In Dutch: Adolphe Maxlaan

Boulevard Adolphe Max, in Brussels, has 52 buildings on the Atlas map, for 137 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 40% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 48% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 187921
1880 – 19134
1914 – 19443
1945 – 19697
1970 – 19899
1990 – 20097
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 49: 1872. 25 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: 1918

Adolphe Max (1869 – 1939), bourgmestre de Bruxelles entre 1909 et 1939. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives