History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de Bon Secours

In Dutch: Bijstandsstraat

Rue de Bon Secours, in Brussels, has 12 buildings on the Atlas map, for 16 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 58% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18797
  • 1880 – 19134
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 4: 1874.

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
Descriptive name
Theme
Buildings

La rue se trouve à proximité de l'église Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives