History of a street · 1081 Koekelberg

Rue Omer Lepreux

In Dutch: Omer Lepreuxstraat

Rue Omer Lepreux, in Koekelberg, has 75 buildings on the Atlas map, for 78 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 84% 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 – 194463
1945 – 196910
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 6: 1929. 5 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: 1930

Lepreux Omer (1856-1927, Président de la Banque du Congo belge ) militaire. 'la fondation de la Banque du Congo belge devait amener O. Lepreux à jouer un rôle important dans l'expansion économiqe et financière de la Colonie. (remark in French, as published)

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