History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Newton

In Dutch: Newtonstraat

Rue Newton, in Brussels, has 13 buildings on the Atlas map, for 15 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 54% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 46% appear before 1914.

See the street on the map Bruxelles Make it a poster

When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19136
1914 – 19447
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 5: 1899. 6 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: Scientists
Named in: 1877

Isaac Newton (1643-1727) est un scientifique de renom. Mathématicien, physicien et astronome britannique, nous lui devons, entre autres, la théorie de la gravitation universelle. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives