History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue Docteur Jacobs

In Dutch: Dokter Jacobsstraat

Rue Docteur Jacobs, in Anderlecht, has 62 buildings on the Atlas map, for 67 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 61% 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 – 18492
  • 1850 – 18796
  • 1880 – 19134
  • 1914 – 194438
  • 1945 – 196910
  • 1970 – 19892
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 17: 1933.

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
1926

Le Docteur Jacobs (?-?) aurait été médecin à Anderlecht. (remark in French, as published)

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