Construction of hotel 1er quart XVIIe siècle (≈ 1725)
Period of initial building construction.
1883
Transformation into school
Transformation into school 1883 (≈ 1883)
Become a free school for boys.
6 avril 1994
Official protection
Official protection 6 avril 1994 (≈ 1994)
Registration of facades and roofs.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Key figures
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Origin and history
The Hotel of Governors, located in Gray in Haute-Saône, is a building built in the 1st quarter of the 17th century. It represents an example of civil architecture of this period, marked by facades and a staircase tower protected since 1994. Its history reflects local urban and educational transformations from an aristocratic residence to academic and cultural use.
Ranked a Historic Monument, the building was transformed into a boys' free school in 1883, a role that it partially retains today with a school and dance classes. The official protection concerns its facades, roofs and stairway tower, emphasizing its heritage importance. Owned by an association, its opening to the public (visits, rentals) is not specified in the available sources.
The location of the Hotel, at 9 rue des Casernes, in the centre of Gray, makes it a key part of the heritage of this city of Burgundy-Franche-Comté. Its state of conservation and present vocation illustrate the adaptation of historical monuments to contemporary needs, between preservation and collective use.
