History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue des Pierres

In Dutch: Steenstraat

Rue des Pierres, in Brussels, has 36 buildings on the Atlas map, for 54 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 7 periods, from the 1850s to the 2010s. 36% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18796
1880 – 19137
1914 – 194412
1945 – 19696
1970 – 19893
1990 – 20091
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 1: 1874. 10 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: Buildings

Initialement dénommée la rue du Steen, c'est-à-dire de la maison en pierre, maison d'importance et de richesse, par opposition aux maisons en bois, cette rue fut traduite de manière erronée en 'rue des Pierres' lors de l'occupation française en 1800. De nombreuses rues furent d'ailleurs mal traduites par les administrations françaises de l'époque. Il semblerait également que cette rue figure parmi les plus anciennes de la ville. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives