History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue de Potter

In Dutch: de Potterstraat

Rue de Potter, in Schaerbeek, has 38 buildings on the Atlas map, for 42 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 47% 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 – 18494
1850 – 187918
1880 – 191316
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

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: Commemorative name
Theme: Belgian state

La rue rend hommage à Louis de Potter, journaliste et homme politique catholique libéral belge, né fin du XVIIIe siècle à Bruges. Il est célébré comme étant à l'origine de la Révolution et de l'Union Nationale et ce, même depuis ses lieux d'enfermements par les autorités hollandaises. Son rôle dans la Révolution lui offrit un poste dans le Gouvernement provisoire ; il s'en retira vite, estimant que la mise en place d'une monarchie volait au peuple sa Révolution. (remark in French, as published)

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