Company Foundation 1894 (≈ 1894)
Initial creation of Gantois Industries.
1935-1936
Construction of head office
Construction of head office 1935-1936 (≈ 1936)
Reinforced concrete building, classic style.
18 juillet 2013
Partial registration MH
Partial registration MH 18 juillet 2013 (≈ 2013)
Protection of facades, vestibule and executive office.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The following elements of the headquarters building defined according to its historical right-of-way (excluding extension): facades and roofs; entrance and vestibule; the stairwell with all the windows; the office of the director with its architectural decorations by nature (cad. AS 91): registration by order of 18 July 2013
Key figures
Edouard de Mirbeck - Architect
Manufacturer of head office.
Georges Janin - Architect
Construction worker.
Fiquet - Architect
Participation not detailed.
Origin and history
The Gantois factory, located 25 rue des Quatre-Frères-Mougeotte in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (Grand Est), is an old factory specializing in perforation and metal weaving, still in operation today. Founded in 1894, the company moved to its current premises between 1935 and 1936, with an architecture marking the classicism of the 1930s. The head office, partially registered with historical monuments in 2013, is distinguished by its rotunda, its Art Deco ironworks and a bas-relief of rhinoceros, symbol of the resistance of the metals produced.
The building, designed in reinforced concrete, combines symmetry and architectural order, typical of the period. Only the vestibule, the stairwell (with its windows) and the director's office kept their original decor. The company, purchased by the Drouault group, employs 210 employees in 2015 and continues its historic slogan "My horn breaks," illustrated by the stylized rhinoceros logo, inherited from the bas-relief of the facade.
Architects Edouard de Mirbeck, Fiquet and Georges Janin collaborated in its construction. The 2013 protection covers facades, roofs, entrance, as well as interior elements such as the executive office. The factory embodies both an active industrial heritage and a testimony of the functional architecture of the 1930s, anchored in the economic landscape of the Vosges.
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