History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue Docteur De Meersman

In Dutch: Dokter De Meersmanstraat

Rue Docteur De Meersman, in Anderlecht, has 39 buildings on the Atlas map, for 47 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 87% 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 – 18793
1880 – 191334
1914 – 19442
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 30: 1864. 6 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: Local notables
Named in: 1929

Le Docteur De Meersman (?-?) aurait été échevin d'Anderlecht. (remark in French, as published)

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