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The hotel Auguste-Leputre is a private hotel built in Roubaix in the second half of the 19th century, between courtyard and garden. In 1868, Amédée Prouvost, an industrial founder of the Peignage Amédée Prouvost et Compagnie, moved there with his wife Josephine Yon after leaving the Grande Place. The couple lived there until their respective deaths in 1885 (Amédée) and 1902 (Josephine). The hotel was then rented in Auguste Lepostre, before being transformed into a police station under the Vichy regime, then into a central police station in Roubaix until 1990.

The building retains original architectural elements, including three living rooms on the ground floor with their ground fireplaces and woodwork. A private chapel existed upstairs, now gone. The hotel, representative of the industrial houses of the period, has been listed as historical monuments since 30 April 1999 for its facades, roofs, living rooms and stairwells. It now houses local associations.

Located at 301 Avenue des Nations-Unies (former Pellart Street), the hotel bears witness to the industrial and urban history of Roubaix. Its occupation by the police for half a century reflects the frequent reallocation of bourgeois heritage in the twentieth century. The original stables and the arrangement between courtyard and garden remain well preserved, offering a typical example of the easy habitat linked to the textile boom of the region.

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