History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Cantersteen

In Dutch: Kantersteen

Cantersteen, in Brussels, has 5 buildings on the Atlas map, for 22 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 40% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 19442
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest individually dated building is at no. 47: 1952. 2 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: 1851

Littéralement la maison du chantre, il s'agit apparemment du chantre de la cathédrale Saint-Michel qui vivait dans une belle maison située là : Henri de Pipenpoy (? - 1220c). (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives