History of a street · 1140 Evere

Rue Hugo Verriest

In Dutch: Hugo Verrieststraat

Rue Hugo Verriest, in Evere, has 47 buildings on the Atlas map, for 47 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 70% 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 – 19890
1990 – 200933
since 201014

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: 1926

Hugo Verriest (1840-1922) était prêtre et particulièrement engagé pour la défense des flamands. Il mena notamment la lutte pour la flamandisation de l'enseignement. C'était également un écrivain et rédacteur en chef. (remark in French, as published)

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