History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue Arthur Diderich

In Dutch: Arthur Diderichstraat

Rue Arthur Diderich, in Saint-Gilles, has 57 buildings on the Atlas map, for 68 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 58% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 39% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 191322
1914 – 194433
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 63: 1899. 24 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: 1944

Arthur Diderich (1878 – 1944) fut bourgmestre de la localité entre 1929 et 1944. Ex. rue Courbe (remark in French, as published)

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