The street is not mentioned on maps before the second half of the 19th century. Mentioned in a 1855 address book as Grostwo, a Bromberg map of 1876 by Paul Berthold Jaekel features a north-south axis bearing the name Gräfe Straße. On this document, like on other maps, the building of the House for blind children - - appears at the northern tip of the streetUeberschitsplan der Gemarkjung Stadt Bromberg
