History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue Verrept-Dekeyser

In Dutch: Verrept-Dekeyserstraat

Rue Verrept-Dekeyser, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 26 buildings on the Atlas map, for 28 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 69% 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 – 187918
  • 1880 – 19138
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Descriptive name
Theme
Economic life
Named in
1919

Cette rue semble faire référence à l'industrie chimique Verrept installée au numéro 51 en 1880 et qui continuera de se développer au Xxe siècle. Cette industrie fabriquait des produits à base de soude et des savons. (remark in French, as published)

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