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Origin and history

The building, now known as the hotel of Obelstein, is a private hotel built in 1698 for Jean-Louis de Norroy, a lawyer at the court and receiver of Lorraine's finances. It replaces three old houses on Rue Saint-Michel and a ruin on Rue du Duc Raoul. Of these earlier constructions remain a well dated 1574 (in the courtyard) and sill bays on the facade of Rue du Duc Raoul. The building consists of two buildings (A and B) connected by wings, organized around a large square courtyard, with a vaulted passageway and a wrought iron ramp staircase.

In the mid-18th century, the main staircase was redesigned: its wrought iron ramp with volute motifs was added, and windows on courtyard adopted segmental lintels. In 1783, the hotel was acquired by Charles Auguste Count of Obelstein d'Ennebourg, who accompanied a discount and probably reworked the cochère door (neoclassical consoles reported). The name of Obelstein has since been associated with him. In 1835, Pierre François Marchal, former deputy and mayor of Nancy, bought the hotel and a adjoining house (rue du Duc Raoul), creating internal connections in the 20th century.

Subsequent changes include the opening of a pedestrian door on Rue Saint-Michel and the modification of the façade on Rue du Duc Raoul (gauge door, removal of the original porch). A work campaign in 1984 restored the interiors and definitively incorporated the house acquired in 1835. The cochère door and its vantals, remarkable elements, are classified as Historic Monument in 1944. The ensemble preserves traces of its medieval origins (wells, bays) and its redevelopments of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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