History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Emile Wauters

In Dutch: Emile Wautersstraat

Rue Emile Wauters, in Brussels, has 122 buildings on the Atlas map, for 136 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 54% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 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 – 19136
  • 1914 – 194466
  • 1945 – 196946
  • 1970 – 19892
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 18: 1906. 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
Arts and culture
Named in
1935

Emile traité (1846-1933) est un peintre bruxellois. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives