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Origin and history

The town hall of Pont-à-Mousson was erected between 1786 and 1791 according to the plans of the engineer François-Michel Lecreulx and the architect Claude Mique, two major figures of Lorrain architecture. Designed to house municipal institutions, it was inaugurated in March 1793 in the midst of a revolutionary period. Its facade, entrusted to Johann Joseph Söntgen and Joseph Labroise, illustrates the neoclassical style then in vogue, with a peristyle and wrought iron grilles.

Ranked a historic monument since 1919 for its façade, the building saw its protections extended in 2012 (registration) and 2013 (classification) for its peristyle, staircase, large living room and neoclassical gypseries. These elements, such as the Louis XV woodwork in the Mique salon, bear witness to the original decorative richness, despite subsequent renovations. The city hall remains a symbol of Lorraine's civil heritage.

The building, owned by the commune, retains traces of its original use, including the large living room on the first floor, decorated with neat gypsum shops, and the masonry staircase with its wrought iron ramp. These details, combined with the facade on Place Duroc, make it a remarkable example of the public architecture of the end of the Ancien Régime, adapted to the needs of a changing city.

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