History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue de la Colonne

In Dutch: Kolomstraat

Rue de la Colonne, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 39 buildings on the Atlas map, for 52 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 41% 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 – 18493
  • 1850 – 187914
  • 1880 – 191316
  • 1914 – 19443
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20101

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
Descriptive name
Theme
Places and destinations

A proximité, une salle de danse se nommait “les Mille Colonnes”, il semble donc qu'une ou plusieurs colonnes devaient se trouver à proximité. (remark in French, as published)

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