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Origin and history

The Jobard Hotel finds its origins in a first building dated 1704, profoundly transformed in the middle of the eighteenth century. Around 1772, the house adopted a U-shaped plan framed by two pavilions, between street and garden. An inscription on the right wing, dated 1752, attests that Louis Resson, seigneur of Arc-les-Gray, placed the first stone on 18 April this year. The ground floor of the left wing contained sheds, while outbuildings and a greenhouse were added later.

Repurchased in 1829, the hotel underwent new developments, notably in the southern pavilion and the living room. After 1874, the ensemble was further transformed and enlarged, incorporating a landscaped garden with a neo-classical pavilion called a music salon, made of cut stone. These changes reflect the changing tastes of a family of grayslois, while preserving the traces of previous construction campaigns.

The hotel, registered to the Historic Monuments since 2004, includes the park and its elements (remises, greenhouses, outbuildings). These 19th-century additions, such as the greenhouse and the landscaped park, complement an architectural ensemble reflecting Gray's social and urban history, between the Ancient Regime and the industrial era. The accuracy of its location is considered satisfactory a priori, with an address confirmed at 9 Jobard Street.

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