The site it selected was occupied by an 18th-century mansion with extensive gardens belonging to the Vanin de Courville family.

The new building was designed by Emmanuel Garnier in the neoclassical style, built by a contractor, Eugène Lambert, in ashlar stone and was officially opened by the mayor, Hector-Gonsalphe Fontaine, on 15 October 1899.

[4] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of nine bays facing onto Place l'Hôtel de Ville.

The central section of seven bays, which was slightly projected forward, featured a flight of steps leading up to three rounded headed openings with moulded surrounds and keystones.

[10][11][12] In November 2017, it hosted a crossover i.e. mixing of two television series: Camping Paradis and Joséphine, ange gardien.