History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Joseph Wauters

In Dutch: Joseph Wautersstraat

Rue Joseph Wauters, in Schaerbeek, has 84 buildings on the Atlas map, for 97 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 52% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 194444
1945 – 196939
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 91: 1924. 40 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: Belgian figure
Named in: 1926

Joseph Wauters (1875 - 1929) fut ministre de l'industrie, du travail et du ravitaillement au lendemain de la Première Guerre mondiale. Il était engagé pour la défense des travailleurs ouvriers et industriels. De nombreuses localités en Belgique lui rendent ainsi hommage. (remark in French, as published)

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