History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Guillaume Kennis

In Dutch: Guillaume Kennisstraat

Rue Guillaume Kennis, in Schaerbeek, has 48 buildings on the Atlas map, for 53 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 69% 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 – 19131
  • 1914 – 194433
  • 1945 – 196913
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1911.

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 Kennis (1839-1908) fut bourgmestre de la commune entre 1896 et 1903. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: 1030.be