History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Square Prévost-Delaunay

In Dutch: Prévost-Delaunaysquare

Square Prévost-Delaunay, in Schaerbeek, has 14 buildings on the Atlas map, for 15 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 100% 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 – 19130
1914 – 194414
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 107: 1924. 8 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

'C'est avant 1957 qu'il reçoit sa dénomination, en référence à la méthode Prévost-Delaunay en sténographie, élaborée au cours du XIXe siècle par l'inventeur Jean-Michel Prévost et son élève Albert Delaunay.' Urban 'Né à Toulouse (France) en 1808, décédé à Paris (France) en 1873. Jean-Michel Prévost, inventeur français, conçut une méthode de sténographie en 1827. Son élève, Albert Delaunay, perfectionna la méthode en 1866 et en fit la méthode Prévost-Delaunay.' 1030.be (remark in French, as published)

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