History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Félix Sterckx

In Dutch: Félix Sterckxstraat

Rue Félix Sterckx, in Brussels, has 63 buildings on the Atlas map, for 64 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 67% 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 – 194442
1945 – 196915
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 18: 1910. 29 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 dénomination de l’artère rend hommage au géomètre-expert Félix Sterckx (1832-1900), qui fut notamment conseiller communal à Laeken de 1896 à 1900.' (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives