History of a street · 1000 Brussels
Rue Franklin
In Dutch: Franklinstraat
Rue Franklin, in Brussels, has 147 buildings on the Atlas map, for 157 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 71% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18790
- 1880 – 1913105
- 1914 – 194440
- 1945 – 19690
- 1970 – 19892
- 1990 – 20090
- since 20100
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 32: 1892. 35 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
- Foreign figure
- Named in
- 1877
La rue rend hommage à Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), premier président des Etats-Unis. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives