History of a street · 1000 Brussels
Rue Stevin
In Dutch: Stevinstraat
Rue Stevin, in Brussels, has 135 buildings on the Atlas map, for 161 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 73% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 187921
- 1880 – 191398
- 1914 – 19444
- 1945 – 19693
- 1970 – 19896
- 1990 – 20092
- since 20101
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 16: 1863. 34 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
Le nom de la rue rend hommage à Simon Stevin (1548-1620), inventeur et mathématicien flamand. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives