History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Geefs

In Dutch: Geefsstraat

Rue Geefs, in Schaerbeek, has 42 buildings on the Atlas map, for 53 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 60% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 69% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18794
1880 – 191325
1914 – 194413
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

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

Guillaume Geefs (1805-1883) fut bourgmestre de Schaerbeek entre 1852 et 1860, ainsi que conseiller provincial. Par ailleurs, ce sculpteur acquit une grande réputation. Il est à l'origine de nombreuses statues de Bruxelles, telle que la statue de la Place des Martyrs ou Léopold Ier sur la colonne du Congrès pour n'en citer que deux. (remark in French, as published)

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