History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Place Jean Jacobs

In Dutch: Jan Jacobsplein

Place Jean Jacobs, in Brussels, has 12 buildings on the Atlas map, for 13 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 58% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 67% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18791
  • 1880 – 19137
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20101

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
1894

Jean Jacobs (?-?) est un joaillier-orfèvre du XVIe siècle, qui fonda une petite école à Bologne qui accueillait quatre brabançons étudiant en médecine, droit ou sciences. Ex. Square Pachéco (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives