François-Auguste Cheussey

François-Auguste Cheussey (born July 31, 1781 in Saarlouis , † July 13, 1857 ) was a French architect and cathedral builder .

Life

Cheussey studied architecture with Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand and Léon Dufourny (1754–1818) at the École centrale des travaux publics , today École polytechnique .

Initially, as an employee of JF Eustache de St. Far , he was involved in major construction projects in Mainz , including the Catholic Church of St. Achatius in Zahlbach, which was built in 1809/10 . This was the only church building in Mainz during the Napoleonic period.

Protestant and Catholic Church in Westhofen

Amiens Cathedral

In the tension between state and church at that time, in the person of Prefect Jeanbon St. André and Bishop Joseph Ludwig Colmar , he prepared various reports on the building structure and the need to preserve damaged churches, for example on the Catholic Church in Westhofen .

He later became the architect of the French department of Somme in Picardy . In this function he worked on numerous buildings within the department:

Saint-Riquier Abbey 1819–1822
Parish church of Saint Roch in Ternant (Côte-d'Or) 1820
Amiens :
- Renovation of Amiens Cathedral from 1816 to 1848
- Bibliothèque Louis Aragon , in neoclassical style, 1823
- Palais de Justice, two new buildings in 1834 and 1846
- Design of the Place Saint-Denis (today Place René Goblet) in 1839
- Parish church of Saint-Firmin-le-Martyr 1842–1843

Quote

“D'un côté, j'aperçus l'hôtel de la Société industrial, avec ses bâtiments déjà vieux, rejetant par une haute cheminée les vapeurs qui faisaient mouvoir, sans doute, les admirables métiers -compositeurs d'Edouard Gand-rêve enfin de notre savant collègue. De l'autre côté se dressait l'hôtel des postes, superbe édifice qui contrastait singulièrement avec la boutique humide, obscure, où, la veille, après vingt minutes d'attente, j'étais parvenu à retirer une lettre, à travers l ' un de ces étroits guichets si propices aux torticolis! "

- Jules Verne : Une ville idéale )

literature

Fritz Arens : François Auguste Cheussey, an employee of Eustache St. Far. In: Mainz magazine. 71/72 (1976/1977), pp. 127-139.

Individual evidence

^ François-Auguste Cheussey in the " Union List of Artist Names "
↑ Georg May : The right to worship in the Diocese of Mainz at the time of Bishop Joseph Ludwig Colmar (1802-1818); Grüner, Amsterdam, 1987 ISBN 9060322908 ; [1]

personal data
SURNAME	Cheussey, François-Auguste
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French architect and cathedral builder
DATE OF BIRTH	July 31, 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saarlouis
DATE OF DEATH	July 13, 1857

[1] François-Auguste Cheussey in the " Union List of Artist Names "

[2] Georg May : The right to worship in the Diocese of Mainz at the time of Bishop Joseph Ludwig Colmar (1802-1818); Grüner, Amsterdam, 1987 ISBN 9060322908 ; [1]