Le Quesnoy - Maubeuge - Vervins

From Le Quesnoy to Vervins, via Aulnoye-Aymeries and Maubeuge

From Le Quesnoy to Vervins, this route brings together seven buildings built from 1925 to 1934. In Le Quesnoy, the former Palavicini barracks were converted from 1925 to 1928 into an Italian-style theatre; in Aulnoye-Aymeries, the town hall by Joseph Ségers and Albert Rouzé, whose plans date from 1927, stands near Marcel Melon’s house, built in 1931 for the director of the Louvroil-Recquignies tube works. In Maubeuge stand the Salle Sthrau, a function hall completed in 1927 behind the façade of the former Jesuit chapel, and Adolphe Danis’s office building for the Société Eau et Force (1927-1934), on Route d’Avesnes. The route ends in Vervins, at two houses by the municipal architect Charles Jamin: his own, of 1932-1933, and the Villa Richet, built in 1932.

7 stops · Duration full day · Distance multi-villes

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1. Théâtre des Trois Chênes (ancienne caserne Palavicini) — Le Quesnoy

   Inconnu · 1928

   Built around 1720, the barracks known as Palavicini were finally handed over to the town in 1921.

2. Hôtel de ville — Aulnoye-Aymeries

   Joseph Ségers & Albert Rouzé & Thomas (entrepreneur) & Alexandre (ferronnier) · 1927

   On 24 April 1927 the municipal council approved the construction of a new town hall and adopted the plans by the architects Joseph Ségers (1893-1968) and Albert Rouzé (born 1882), dated March 1927.

3. Maison Art déco, rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville 154 — Aulnoye-Aymeries

   Marcel Melon · 1931

   This house was built in 1931 for the director of the Louvroil-Recquignies tube works, established in Aulnoye-Aymeries in 1927.

4. Salle Sthrau (ancienne chapelle du collège des Jésuites)

   Jean Lafitte & Henri Lafitte · 1927

   Of the former Jesuit chapel, built in 1620-1625 and destroyed during the First World War, only the façade remained; within it the town had a festival hall built, completed in 1927.

5. Immeuble de bureaux de la Société Eau et Force — Maubeuge

   Adolphe Danis · 1934

   The architect Adolphe Danis built this office building for the Société Eau et Force between 1927 and 1934.

6. Villa Jamin — Vervins

   Charles Jamin & Raymond Carlier (entrepreneur) · 1933

   The architect Charles Jamin (1882-1964), who settled in Vervins after the First World War and had been municipal architect since 1922, drew up the plans for his own house on 20 September 1932.

7. Villa Richet — Vervins

   Charles Jamin & Raymond Carlier (entrepreneur) · 1932

   The plans for this house, built for Mr R.

Translated from the French original.