| Frédéric Lucien Didier Lefort | |
|---|---|
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| Born | (1850-01-06)January 6, 1850 Sens, France |
| Died | April 8, 1916(1916-04-08) (aged 66) Rouen, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Architect |
Frédéric Lucien Didier Lefort (January 6, 1850, in Sens – April 8, 1916, in Rouen, France) was a French architect.
Biography
Frédéric Lucien Didier Lefort was born on January 6, 1850, in Sens, Yonne, France, to Louis Lefort, an architect, and Rosalie Lucile Louise Montégu.
In 1873, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. On January 1, 1877, he was appointed assistant architect in the service of Louis Desmarest, the architect of the Seine-Inférieure department. He later became the chief architect of Seine-Inférieure. He was elected a member of the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen in 1884. In 1886, he was one of the founding members of the society of the Amis des monuments rouennais.
He resided in Rouen and was the son-in-law of the architect Juste Lisch.
Honors
- 1885: First class medal at the Salon des Artistes Français
- 1889: Double gold medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle
- 1889: Knight of the Legion of Honour (decree of 29 October 1889)
Works
- Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Rouen
- West wing of the Rouen Courthouse
- Tide gauges of the Grand Port Maritime of Rouen
- Sacristy and presbytery of the Saint-Maclou Church, Rouen
- Porch of the Church of Saint-Maclou, Rouen
- Manoir de Saint-Yon, Rouen (1881)
- Municipal theater of Sens (1882)
- Normal School for Female Teachers, Rouen
- Archives of Seine-Inférieure, Rouen (1892) (destroyed)
- Restoration of the Saint-Laurent Church, Rouen
- Schools in Saint-Saëns, Sahurs, Bosc-Roger-sur-Buchy, Longuerue
- Dieppe
- Restoration of the Saint-Jacques Church, Dieppe and the Saint-Rémy Church, Dieppe
- Castle in Saint-Pierre-de-Varengeville, around 1898.
- Castle in Bosnormand (Eure), around 1908.
- Restoration of the Saint-Ouen Church in Darnétal, and the churches in Moulineaux, Saint-Valery-en-Caux, Veulettes-sur-Mer
- Restoration of the Château de Robert le Diable in Moulineaux
- Covered market in Joigny
References
- "Funeral of Mr. Lucien Lefort". Journal de Rouen: Et des départements de la Seine-Inférieure, de l'Eure et du Calvados (103). Rouen: 2. April 12, 1916. eISSN 2505-1911. ISSN 2430-8242. Retrieved September 19, 2024..
- "Le fonds Lucien Lefort sur POP". mediatheque-patrimoine.culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-19.
- Archives départementales de l'Yonne, Act of birth of Frédéric Lucien Didier Lefort, Sens civil registry, view 4/207, accessed May 2, 2016.
- "Lucien Lefort (93784) | Musée d'Orsay". www.musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
- "Marriage Promises". Journal de Rouen: Et des départements de la Seine-Inférieure et de l'Eure (74). Rouen: 2. March 14, 1880. eISSN 2505-1911. ISSN 2430-8242. Retrieved September 19, 2024..
- "Notice no. LH/1552/16". Base Léonore (in French)..
- Yvon Pailhès (1994). Rouen: un passé toujours présent… rues, monuments, jardins, personnages. Luneray: Bertout. p. 285. ISBN 2-86743-219-7. OCLC 466680895..
- Patrice Quéréel (1999). "Rue Racine: les Archives aux Archives". La Ville évanouie - Rouen. Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf: Page de Garde. p. 381. ISBN 2-84340-108-9..
- Base Mérimée: Saint-Jacques Church, Dieppe, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French).
- Base Mérimée: Saint-Rémy Church, Dieppe, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French).
- Base Mérimée: Castle known as Le Breton, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French).
- Base Mérimée: Castle in Bosnormand, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French).
Further reading
- Georges Dubosc (April 9, 1916). "Mort de M. Lucien Lefort: architecte en chef du département". Journal de Rouen: Et des départements de la Seine-Inférieure, de l'Eure et du Calvados (100). Rouen: 2
Colombia. eISSN 2505-1911. ISSN 2430-8242. Retrieved April 28, 2021. - Édouard Delabarre, "Notice sur M. Lucien Lefort", Précis analytique des travaux de l'Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen, Rouen, Pierre Périaux, 1917 OCLC 763921470.
- Jacques Lefort (2013–2014). "Une famille d'architectes: Lucien Lefort et son beau-père Juste Lisch". Bulletin des Amis des monuments rouennais: 8–26. ISBN 978-2-918609-06-3.