History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Place Alphonse Lemmens

In Dutch: Alphonse Lemmensplein

Place Alphonse Lemmens, in Anderlecht, has 20 buildings on the Atlas map, for 21 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 90% 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 – 191318
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 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
1914

Alphonse Lemmens (1847-1934) a été conseiller communal à Anderlecht de 1890 à 1907. (remark in French, as published)

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