History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de la Chancellerie

In Dutch: Kanselarijstraat

Rue de la Chancellerie, in Brussels, has 6 buildings on the Atlas map, for 12 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 4 periods, from the 1850s to the 1990s. 50% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18791
1880 – 19132
1914 – 19442
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 17: 1872. 4 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Economic life

La rue doit son nom à la présence ancienne de l'hôtel de la Chancellerie du Brabant (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives