Construction of the villa 1883-1886 (≈ 1885)
Built by Jacques Baumier for personal use.
1886
Death of Jacques Baumier
Death of Jacques Baumier 1886 (≈ 1886)
Before moving into the villa.
1896
End of the Baumier-Nicolas collaboration
End of the Baumier-Nicolas collaboration 1896 (≈ 1896)
Architect's office in the annex.
1944-1945
German occupation
German occupation 1944-1945 (≈ 1945)
Headquarters of the German General Staff.
1945
Prisoner's house
Prisoner's house 1945 (≈ 1945)
Departmental direction installed.
2009
Historical monument classification
Historical monument classification 2009 (≈ 2009)
Official registration.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The entire villa; facades and roofs of the annex house; the fence wall and the entrance gate (see Box IB 479, 480): registration by order of 11 September 2009
Key figures
Jacques Baumier - Architect and owner
Design the villa, die before moving in.
René Jacques Baumier - Son of Jacques Baumier
Take over the firm with Auguste Nicolas.
Auguste Nicolas - Associate architect
Collaborate with René Baumier until 1896.
Origin and history
The villa Baumier is a bourgeois house built in Caen between 1883 and 1886 by the architect Jacques Baumier for his personal use. Located on the 4th Avenue de Bagatelle, it illustrates the development of the northern slopes of the ancient city centre, where the Kenyan bourgeoisie erected numerous villas at the end of the 19th century. Jacques Baumier died in 1886 before moving in, leaving the villa unfinished for its original use.
After the death of Jacques Baumier, his son René Jacques joined forces with the architect Auguste Nicolas and took over the cabinet installed in an annex north of the villa. Their collaboration lasted until December 1896. The agency occupied this building, now turned into a kitchen. The villa, of eclectic style, combines Renaissance influences, classics, Louis XIII and Norman regionalists, with materials such as Caen stone and brick.
During the Second World War, the villa houses the General Staff of the 716th German Infantry Division. In 1945, she became the House of Prisoners and Deportees, hosting the Departmental Directorate of Prisoners of War. Classified as a historic monument since 2009, it protects the entire villa, its annexes, as well as its fence wall and entrance gate.
The villa's architecture is distinguished by its two-storey and attic main house body, as well as by details such as a Renaissance double-line window or classic bays. The corner balcony, decorated with a faunaque character inspired by Auguste Nicolas, and the use of the garden side woodpan reflect Norman regionalism advocated by Jacques Baumier.
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