The building was commissioned as part of a masterplan instigated by Louis XIV, in 1706, to reclaim the Pré-aux-Oies area of Nice which had previously been marshland.

[1] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of seven bays facing onto Rue Saint-François de Paule.

[2] In 1792, Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia declared war on Revolutionary France, and his officers requisitioned the building for use as military barracks.

[1] Following the election of Jean Médecin as mayor of Nice in 1928, the council decided to remodel the building in the Art Deco style.

[1] A plaque, intended to commemorate the lives of 17 resistance fighters from the 1st Canton who died in the Second World War was installed in the courtyard and restored in the early 21st century.