History of a street · 1000 Brussels
Rue du Pélican
In Dutch: Pelikaanstraat
Rue du Pélican, in Brussels, has 28 buildings on the Atlas map, for 38 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 61% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18792
- 1880 – 191317
- 1914 – 19447
- 1945 – 19690
- 1970 – 19891
- 1990 – 20090
- since 20101
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 1: 1914. 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
- Descriptive name
- Theme
- Economic life
- Named in
- 1881
La rue doit son nom à une ancienne auberge portant ce nom qui se situait là. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives