History of a street · 1140 Evere

Rue Jacques Houtmeyers

In Dutch: Jaak Houtmeyersstraat

Rue Jacques Houtmeyers, in Evere, has 23 buildings on the Atlas map, for 23 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 96% 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 – 196922
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20090
  • 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
Local notables
Named in
1944

Jacques Houtmeyers (1871-1941), ancien garde-champêtre, premier commissaire de police en service de 1900 à 1940 (remark in French, as published)

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