History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Verhoeven

In Dutch: Verhoevenstraat

Rue Verhoeven, in Brussels, has 28 buildings on the Atlas map, for 33 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 86% 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 – 19132
  • 1914 – 194424
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 14: 1911. 4 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

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Commemorative name
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Local notables

la rue est dénommée en hommage à Pierre Verhoeven, qui fut échevin à Laeken dans les années 1880 et décéda en 1893. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives