History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Claessens

In Dutch: Claessensstraat

Rue Claessens, in Brussels, has 43 buildings on the Atlas map, for 53 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 58% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 58% 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 – 191325
1914 – 194416
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 51: 1918. 2 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: 1888

ancien échevin de Laeken qui venait de décéder, Jean-Charles Claessens (1826-1888), propriétaire d’une maison de campagne rue de Molenbeek. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives