History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue Elise

In Dutch: Elizastraat

Rue Elise, in Ixelles, has 121 buildings on the Atlas map, for 132 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 83% 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 – 19134
  • 1914 – 1944100
  • 1945 – 196912
  • 1970 – 19894
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 100: 1903. 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Local notables
Named in
1886

Elise était la veuve de Théodore Hap, propriétaire des terrains sur lesquels la rue fut ouverte en 1883. (remark in French, as published)

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