History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Rue Père Eudore Devroye

In Dutch: Pater Eudore Devroyestraat

Rue Père Eudore Devroye, in Etterbeek, has 24 buildings on the Atlas map, for 27 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 71% 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 – 19135
1914 – 194417
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1902. 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: Local notables
Named in: 1920

Père Eudore Devroye (1869-1929), membre de la Compagnie de Jésus, il devint directeur du Collège Saint-Michel en 1912. Durant la Première Guerre mondiale, le collège hébergea des résistants (notamment les éditeurs de la Libre Belgique pendant une courte période) et il se dévoua à des oeuvres charitables pour la population belge. (remark in French, as published)

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