History of a street · 1190 Forest

Rue Hippolyte Vervack

In Dutch: Hippolyte Vervackstraat

Rue Hippolyte Vervack, in Forest, has 5 buildings on the Atlas map, for 14 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 60% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19893
  • 1990 – 20092
  • 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
Second World War

Hippolyte verva(e)ck (1901 – 1945) fut résistant lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en distribuant de la presse écrite prohibée. Il fut arrêté et décapité. (remark in French, as published)

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