History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Thys-Vanham

In Dutch: Thys-Vanhamstraat

Rue Thys-Vanham, in Brussels, has 37 buildings on the Atlas map, for 41 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 89% 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 – 191333
  • 1914 – 19444
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 21: 1894. 2 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

La rue a été nommée en l'honneur d'un conseiller communal et membre de la Société Philharmonique de Laeken, membre du bureau de bienfaisance de Laeken en 1884 (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives