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Villa Strasburger in Deauville dans le Calvados

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine de vilégiature
Villa
Maison à pan de bois

Villa Strasburger in Deauville

    Route de Saint-Arnoult
    14800 Deauville
Ownership of the municipality
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Villa Strassburger à Deauville
Crédit photo : Kamel15 - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1907-1912
Construction of the villa
1924
Buy by Strassburger
1942
Construction of underground
29 octobre 1975
Historical monument classification
1980
Legacy to the city of Deauville
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Fronts and roofs (Box AN 2): inscription by decree of 29 October 1975

Key figures

Henri de Rothschild - Initial sponsor The villa was built in 1907-1912.
Georges Pichereau - Architect Designs the villa in neo-norman style.
Ralph Beaver Strassburger - Owner (1924-1959) American billiard, renovate the villa.
Gustave Flaubert - Former landowner Farmer before 1875.
Peter Strassburger - Donor Bequeaths the villa in Deauville in 1980.

Origin and history

The Strasburger villa, originally named Villa du Coteau, was built between 1907 and 1912 by architect Georges Pichereau for Henri de Rothschild, on the site of a farm belonging to Gustave Flaubert. This neo-Norman manor house, inspired by the Augeronne traditions (woodpans, flat tile roofs, spears) embodies the second generation of this architectural style. Its facades and roofs were listed as historical monuments in 1975.

Sold in 1924 to Ralph Beaver Strasburger, an American billionaire passionate about horse racing, the villa became his summer residence. The family held a great reception, welcoming personalities such as Vincent Scotto, Suzy Delair and Marcel Boussac. During the occupation, the Germans devastated her. In 1948, its interior was renovated in a sumptuous style, combining period furniture and modern decors (sauna in canvas, bathroom Louis XVI).

After Ralph Strasburger died in 1959 and his wife in 1975, their son Peter offered the villa in Deauville in 1980. Today, it houses cultural events and private receptions. Its park, planted with apple trees, and its interiors (office with telephone of the 1950s, room with pine-up walls) bear witness to its turbulent history, between fascist and war.

The villa combines scholarly architectural elements (imperial roof, pyramidions) and vernacular elements (damier appliances, roof tiles). Its regional park, passerby skylights and intact scenery make it a rare example of neo-normanic eclecticism. The Strassburgers, although only staying there a month a year, maintained about thirty servants for his permanent maintenance.

Built near the Touques racetrack, the villa was also a strategic place during the Second World War: an underground was dug there in 1942 to house its occupants. His legacy to the city preserved this heritage, now open to the public for events, perpetuating its role as a place of prestige and sociability.

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