History of a street · 1140 Evere

Rue Walkiers

In Dutch: Walkiersstraat

Rue Walkiers, in Evere, has 22 buildings on the Atlas map, for 22 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 59% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 194413
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19897
1990 – 20091
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: Commemorative name
Theme: Local notables

Edward Walckiers (1858-1937) était banquier et finança la révolution brabançonne. Il était également propriétaire d'un château et d'un parc construit par son père, Adrien Ange Walckiers. (remark in French, as published)

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