History of a street · 1083 Ganshoren

Rue Oscar Maesschalck

In Dutch: Oscar Maesschalckstraat

Rue Oscar Maesschalck, in Ganshoren, has 24 buildings on the Atlas map, for 24 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 58% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 196914
  • 1970 – 198910
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 23: 1958.

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

Oscar Maesschalck fut bourgmestre de la commune entre 1936 et 1939. (remark in French, as published)

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