History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Draps-Dom

In Dutch: Draps-Domstraat

Rue Draps-Dom, in Brussels, has 22 buildings on the Atlas map, for 23 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 77% 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 – 191317
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 13: 1911. 7 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: 1907

'L’artère est baptisée en 1907 en l’honneur de la famille Draps-Dom, qui exploitait un vaste établissement horticole un peu plus au nord, entre la rue Médori et la drève Sainte-Anne, qui fut exproprié en 1899 et 1910 pour l’agrandissement de la Caserne des Grenadiers (voir drève Saint-Anne no86-90).' (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives