History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Godefroid Guffens

In Dutch: Godefroid Guffensstraat

Rue Godefroid Guffens, in Schaerbeek, has 38 buildings on the Atlas map, for 40 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 55% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 194421
1945 – 196916
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 59: 1924. 18 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: Arts and culture
Named in: 1928

La rue rend hommage à un peintre flamand né en 1823 et mort en 1901. Après une formation à l'Académie d'Anvers, il passa du temps à Paris, en Allemagne et en Italie où il découvrit de nombreuses artistes dont il s'inspira. Il est possible de retrouver de nombreuses oeuvres dans des églises et cathédrales flamandes. Il était également un portraitiste de l'aristocratie belge. (remark in French, as published)

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