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Bouctôt Vagnez private hotel in Amiens dans la Somme

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine urbain
Hotel particulier classé
Somme

Bouctôt Vagnez private hotel in Amiens

    36 Rue des Otages
    80000 Amiens
Ownership of a public institution
Hôtel particulier Bouctôt Vagniez à Amiens
Hôtel particulier Bouctôt Vagniez à Amiens
Hôtel particulier Bouctôt Vagniez à Amiens
Hôtel particulier Bouctôt Vagniez à Amiens
Hôtel particulier Bouctôt Vagniez à Amiens
Hôtel particulier Bouctôt Vagniez à Amiens
Crédit photo : HaguardDuNord (talk) - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1906
Project command
1907–1911
Construction
1936
Departure of owners
1946–1969
Successive occupations
1994
Historical monument classification
2018
Purchase by Phalsburg
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Hotel, as well as its grills, walls-bahuts, exterior ironworks and garden (cad. AM 30): classification by decree of 18 October 1994

Key figures

André Bouctot - Sponsor and owner Rentier Rouennais, husband of Marie-Louise Vagniez.
Marie-Louise Vagniez - Sponsor and owner Heir amienoise textile, finance part of the works.
Louis Duthoit - Architect Designs the hotel in Art Nouveau style.
Adrien Duthoit - Decorative painter Author of interior marouflé canvases.
Schwartz et Meurer - Ferronniers (Paris) Realize exterior ironworks.
Daum - Verrier (Nancy) Provides glass paste luminaires.

Origin and history

The Bouctôt-Vagniez mansion, located in Amiens, was built between 1907 and 1911 for André Bouctot, an annuitant from a family in Rouanne, and his wife Marie-Louise Vagniez, heir of an Amienese dynasty enriched in textiles. The project, financed in part by the bride's dowry, is entrusted to architect Louis Duthoit, descendant of a line of local artists. The latter, free from any constraint except the integration of animals outside and floral motifs inside, designs an iconic Art Nouveau building, mixing traditional materials (stone, wood) and modern (steel, glass).

The plans, completed in 1908, resulted in three years of work (1909–1911) at a cost of one million francs gold. The hotel, with a surface area of 900 m2 spread over three levels, includes reception rooms on the ground floor, private apartments on the first floor, and guest and domestic rooms on the second floor. The interior decorations (lambria, glass paste luminaires by Daum, ironwork by Schwartz and Meurer) and the marouflé canvases by the architect's brother Adrien Duthoit make it a coherent and luxurious ensemble.

The couple left in 1936 for reasons of health, taking the furniture. During the Second World War, the hotel houses military staffs, followed by the Treasury General (1946–55) and the Museum of Natural History (until 1969). Ranked historic monument in 1994 for its building, garden and decorative elements, it was acquired in 1970 by the Chamber of Commerce of Picardie, which restored it. A contemporary extension, inaugurated in 2012, dialogue with the historic building.

In 2018, the Compagnie de Phalsbourg purchased the hotel to transform it into a palace with spa and gourmet restaurant, providing for an opening at the end of 2021 after work. This project marks a new stage for this architectural gem, symbol of Art Nouveau heritage in Hauts-de-France.

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