History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Rue des Pères Blancs

In Dutch: Witte Patersstraat

Rue des Pères Blancs, in Etterbeek, has 22 buildings on the Atlas map, for 26 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 55% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 14% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19133
1914 – 194412
1945 – 19695
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 4: 1901. 3 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: Religion
Named in: 1929

Les Pères Blancs furent fondé par le cardinal Lavigerie en Algérie en 1868 et furent très actifs dans l'évangélisation de l'Etat indépendant du Congo. (remark in French, as published)

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