History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Melsens

In Dutch: Melsensstraat

Rue Melsens, in Brussels, has 8 buildings on the Atlas map, for 18 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 63% 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 – 18791
1880 – 19135
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 22: 1899.

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: Scientists

Louis Melsens (1814-1886) est un chimiste et physicien belge. Il a entre autres inventé la teinture d'iode et le paratonnerre. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives