History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue Ernest Solvay

In Dutch: Ernest Solvaystraat

Rue Ernest Solvay, in Ixelles, has 31 buildings on the Atlas map, for 42 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 55% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18799
  • 1880 – 191317
  • 1914 – 19444
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 6: 1886. 13 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
1899

Ernest Solvay (1838-1922) fut un scientifique, philanthrope, industriel et une personnalité politique belge. En plus de ces rôles, il fonda différents instituts : l'Institut de physiologie, l'Institut de sociologie et l'Ecole de commerce de l'Université libre de Bruxelles à la charnière du XXe siècle. Localement, il s'était investi également dans un dispensaire anti-tuberculeux. Il fut également ministre d'Etat. (remark in French, as published)

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