History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue Jacques Boon

In Dutch: Jacques Boonstraat

Rue Jacques Boon, in Anderlecht, has 23 buildings on the Atlas map, for 23 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 48% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 48% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 191311
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19898
1990 – 20092
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 3: 1907. 11 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: Local notables
Named in: 1924

Jacques Boon (1858-1917), capitaine-commandant de la cie spéciale des sapeurs-pompiers volontaires d'Anderlecht. ex. rue de Formanoir (1922-1924) (remark in French, as published)

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