History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Rue Théophile Vander Elst

In Dutch: Théophile Vander Elststraat

Rue Théophile Vander Elst, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 148 buildings on the Atlas map, for 158 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 8 periods, from the 1800s to the 2020s. 43% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18491
  • 1850 – 187911
  • 1880 – 191351
  • 1914 – 19447
  • 1945 – 196944
  • 1970 – 198927
  • 1990 – 20096
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 60: 1898. 13 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
1904

Théophile Van der Elst était échevin et fit fonction de bourgmestre de 1893 à 1895, durant le mandat officiel de Lambert Vandervelde. (remark in French, as published)

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