History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Rue Eigenhuis

In Dutch: Eigenhuisstraat

Rue Eigenhuis, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 17 buildings on the Atlas map, for 18 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 2 periods, from the 1990s to the 2020s. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20098
  • since 20109

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
1914

Du nom d'une société immobilière qui fut chargée de construire des habitations ouvrières dans ce quartier. (remark in French, as published)

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