History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue Washington

In Dutch: Washingtonstraat

Rue Washington, in Ixelles, has 132 buildings on the Atlas map, for 161 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 61% 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 – 191381
  • 1914 – 194440
  • 1945 – 19698
  • 1970 – 19893
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 50: 1898. 32 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
Foreign figure
Named in
1874

Référence à Georges Washington (1732-1799) qui fut le premier président des Etats-Unis d'Amérique. Ex. rue de la Liberté (remark in French, as published)

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