The Town Hall

It is probably the most photographed building in Deauville after the promenade des Planches.

ITS HISTORY
In 1861 - one year after the birth of Deauville - the municipal administrative services were transferred from the historic town of Dosville, located on the Coteau, to the new town of Deauville, where they successively occupied several rented premises. The town hall was finally built in 1880 according to the plans of the Versailles architect Saintin, who proposed a Beaux-Arts style building. The building, with a rectangular plan, is located in the center of a garden, enclosed at the time.
A first wing was added around 1900, intended to house the Post Office and Telegraph Administration, then a second in 1910 to house the police station.

ITS PARTICULARITY
After the Second World War, the municipality, wishing to adapt the building - then in red brick - to the regional identity of the station, entrusted its "Normanization" to the architect Albert Guy. In 1950, the central body was clad in brick and stone on the first floor and a vertical false wood panel in the upper parts.

At the same time, the enclosure was transformed into a square. The west wing was built in 1961 in the architectural spirit of the manors of the hinterland.