History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Alexandre Markelbach

In Dutch: Alexandre Markelbachstraat

Rue Alexandre Markelbach, in Schaerbeek, has 119 buildings on the Atlas map, for 125 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 71% 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 – 18790
1880 – 191384
1914 – 194433
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20092
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 76: 1907. 4 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: Arts and culture

Alexandre Markelbach (1824-1906), peintre belge, mort à Schaerbeek en 1906. Il est connu pour ses peintures historiques de style romantique ainsi que ses peintures religieuses. Il exerça également la fonction de conseiller communal de Schaerbeek de 1879 à 1890. (remark in French, as published)

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