History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Rue de Gerlache

In Dutch: de Gerlachestraat

Rue de Gerlache, in Etterbeek, has 58 buildings on the Atlas map, for 64 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 74% 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 – 191343
1914 – 194415
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 20: 1909. 14 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: Belgian state

Etienne-Constantin baron de Gerlache (1785-1871) fut, entre autre, membre du Congrès National en 1830. Il joua un rôle central dans les événements belges de 1830 et particulièrement pour la ville de Liège. Attention, hypothèse la plus acceptée mais en raison de l'absence du prénom, il pourrait s'agir de deux autres Gerlache… (remark in French, as published)

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