Opening of the garden of the Schoelcher house

Name: Opening of the garden of the Schoelcher house
Start: 2023-09-17T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Jardins de la maison Schoelcher

Since 1876, Victor Schœlcher has been renting a house in Houilles to his friend Émile Faucon, which he uses on sunny days. As he gets older, he spends more and more time and settles there…

Sunday 17 September 2023, 14:30Passed

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Free entry

Ville de Houilles

Since 1876, Victor Schœlcher has periodically rented a house in Houilles to his friend Émile Faucon, which he uses during the warmer months. As he got older he spent more and more time there and settled permanently in 1889, until his death in 1893. On the occasion of a visit to the gardens of the Schoelcher House, lecturer Marianne Autain will introduce the history, struggles and commitment of Victor Schoelcher, best known for having contributed to the drafting of the decree of abolition of slavery in 1848.

About the location

Jardins de la maison Schoelcher

26 avenue Victor-Schoelcher 78800 Houilles

Yvelines
Île-de-France

This bourgeois house is built in a subdivision created around 1865 in the former park of the lord of Houilles. Since 1876, Victor Schœlcher has periodically rented it to his friend Émile Faucon. As his age came, he spent more and more time and settled there permanently in 1889, until his death in 1893\. In 2011, the city acquired the house and began a reflection on its renovation. In 2023, the house was labeled Heritage of Regional Interest.