History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Edmond Tollenaere

In Dutch: Edmond Tollenaerestraat

Rue Edmond Tollenaere, in Brussels, has 88 buildings on the Atlas map, for 99 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 84% 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 – 18790
  • 1880 – 191310
  • 1914 – 194474
  • 1945 – 19694
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 6: 1907. 12 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

La rue rend hommage au conseiller communal de Laeken qui siégeait en tout cas en 1893. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives