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The house, currently a school, located in Neufchâteau in the Great East, is an old mansion built in the 3rd quarter of the 18th century. This building illustrates the classical civil architecture of the period, with an ordered facade and richly decorated interiors. The construction dates back to 1760, as a historical source, and was carried out by architect Jean-Louis Deklier-Dellile for his personal use. The latter, active in the region, left there marks of taskmen, testimonies of the craft techniques of the time.

The building preserves remarkable elements of the 18th century, such as a support panel and a stucco ceiling rose with vegetal decoration in the front room of the ground floor. The garden room houses a carved and painted oak alcove, typical of the refinement of the bourgeois interiors of this period. These decorations, combined with the general structure (façades, roofs, wrought iron gate), motivated an inscription to the Historical Monuments by decree of 19 January 2000, thus protecting key elements such as the staircase and its ramp.

The house, now owned by a cult association, embodies the architectural heritage of the Lorrain Enlightenment. His architect, Jean-Louis Deklier-Dellile, applied a sober but elegant style, combining functionality and ornaments. The location at Neufchâteau (in the Vosges) and the precise dating make it a representative example of the urban residences of the provincial elite under the Old Regime.

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