History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue de la Poste

In Dutch: Poststraat

Rue de la Poste, in Schaerbeek, has 131 buildings on the Atlas map, for 150 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 95% 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 – 18791
1880 – 1913124
1914 – 19444
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 91: 1898. 7 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 de la Poste faisait partie de la voie commerçante liant Bruges à Cologne au XVIIIe siècle, par laquelle passaient les diligences. Or, le mot poste désignait à l'origine l'emplacement des chevaux dans leurs boxes, et par extension les relais de chevaux qui étaient utilisés successivement pour l'acheminement du courrier. (remark in French, as published)

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