Housing Foundation XVIIe siècle (≈ 1750)
Creation as a sugar farm by the Pautrizel.
1862
Change of owners
Change of owners 1862 (≈ 1862)
End of the Pautrizel family property.
années 1950
Final closure
Final closure années 1950 (≈ 1950)
Discontinuation of any industrial activity.
XXe siècle
Refrigeration
Refrigeration XXe siècle (≈ 2007)
Abandonment of sugar production.
21 octobre 2019
Historical monument classification
Historical monument classification 21 octobre 2019 (≈ 2019)
Protection of the building and hydraulic system.
2023
Heritage Lotto Selection
Heritage Lotto Selection 2023 (≈ 2023)
Financing of restoration work.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The following parts of the Belleville housing: the main dwelling, the remains of the sugar factory with its annexes and the entire hydraulic system, including the large reservoir with its dam, the basins, the aqueduct, the channel mass with its pillar and the culvert (Box AO 517), as delimited in red on the plan annexed to the decree: classification by order of 21 October 2019
Key figures
Famille Pautrizel - Initial founders and owners
Charentais military, sugar farmers in the 17th century.
Branche Juston de Belleville - Historical owners
Gives his current name to the dwelling.
Origin and history
The Belleville house, also known as the Pautrizel house, is a former colonial farm founded in the 17th century in Trois-Rivières, on the island of Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe. Originally dedicated to sugar production by the Pautrizel family, soldiers from Charente, she then moved to the Juston branch of Belleville, which gave her her current name. She remained in this family until 1862, marking her anchor in the agricultural and economic history of the island.
From 1862, the house changed its owners several times and turned into a cold in the 20th century, before it ceased to operate in the 1950s. Its architecture and hydraulic system (bassin, aqueduct, canal) testify to its industrial past, while its ranking at historic monuments in 2019 underscores its heritage importance. In 2023, it was selected from the emblematic sites of the Heritage Lotto to finance its restoration.
The works, which began in 2022, were designed first to restore the mill and the sugar factory, then to rehabilitate the hydraulic system, the hangar, the slave houses and the master house by 2024. This project highlights the complex legacy of housing, linked to slavery and the plantation economy, while preserving a key site of Antillean history.
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