History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue Joseph Claes

In Dutch: Joseph Claesstraat

Rue Joseph Claes, in Saint-Gilles, has 92 buildings on the Atlas map, for 100 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 74% 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 – 187921
1880 – 191368
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 71: 1861. 3 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: 1871

Créée dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, sur l'initiative du propriétaire du terrain à qui la rue rend hommage. (remark in French, as published)

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