History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue Théodore Verhaegen

In Dutch: Théodore Verhaegenstraat

Rue Théodore Verhaegen, in Saint-Gilles, has 200 buildings on the Atlas map, for 252 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 72% 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 – 18796
  • 1880 – 1913144
  • 1914 – 194445
  • 1945 – 19694
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 213: 1892. 33 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
1865

En hommage au fondateur de l'Université libre de Bruxelles Théodore Verhaegen (1796-1862) qui était avocat et franc-maçon. (remark in French, as published)

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

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