History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Kessels

In Dutch: Kesselsstraat

Rue Kessels, in Schaerbeek, has 80 buildings on the Atlas map, for 88 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 71% 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 – 191357
1914 – 194423
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 51: 1902. 8 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: Arts and culture
Named in: 1864

La rue a été nommée après Mattheus Kessels, sculpteur né à Maastricht en 1784. Après sa formation, il partit s'installer à Rome. Bien qu'ayant un style néo-classique au début de sa carrière, celui-ci ne cessa d'évoluer pour prendre des tournants plus sentimentaux. Quelques années avant son décès en 1836, le poste de Directeur de l'Académie des beaux-arts de Bruxelles lui fut offert. (remark in French, as published)

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