History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Fulton

In Dutch: Fultonstraat

Rue Fulton, in Brussels, has 21 buildings on the Atlas map, for 24 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 62% 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 – 19136
  • 1914 – 194413
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20101

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
1877

Robert Fulton (1765-1815) est un ingénieur étasunien qui permit la mise en fonction des bateaux à vapeur. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives