History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Léon Lepage

In Dutch: Léon Lepagestraat

Rue Léon Lepage, in Brussels, has 22 buildings on the Atlas map, for 43 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 77% 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 – 19131
1914 – 194417
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20091
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1922. 7 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: 1912

Léon Lepage (?-?) fut échevin libéral de l'instruction publique à Bruxelles entre 1895 et 1909. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives