History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Capronnier

In Dutch: Capronnierstraat

Rue Capronnier, in Schaerbeek, has 11 buildings on the Atlas map, for 19 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 55% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 55% 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 – 19136
1914 – 19445
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: Arts and culture
Named in: 1902

La rue rend hommage à Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, peintre verrier français du XIXe siècle. Dans ses oeuvres se retrouvent des vitraux dans la cathédrale Saint Michel et Gudule à Bruxelles, les vitraux dans la chapelle du Saint-Sang à Bruges ou encore, les vitraux du choeur de l'Eglise de la Hulpe. (remark in French, as published)

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