History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Maurice De Moor

In Dutch: Maurice De Moorstraat

Rue Maurice De Moor, in Brussels, has 8 buildings on the Atlas map, for 10 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 88% 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 – 19447
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20091
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: 1900

'Ouverte en vertu de l’arrêté royal du 05.10.1900, dans la foulée de la création du boulevard Émile Bockstael, la rue est baptisée en hommage à un industriel laekenois né en 1851.' (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives