The hotel is located in Joinville Saint-Denis on the island of Reunion, in the district coastal Barachois.
Originally, this is a hotel dedicated to welcome travelers, built of wood in 1780 by Bernard Labadie. Several owners succeed and then in 1832, the building is called "Joinville hotel" by members of the Franks-Hoop, consists of landowners who have asked the governor to create a Colonial Council. The name of Joinville was chosen in honor of King Louis Philippe, whose third son bears the title of Prince de Joinville.
From 1834 to 1838, the family Leneuthier clean the wooden building and rebuilt a mansion in a U-plane similar to the hotel from the Government. The property then passed to the family of Jouvancourt (traders) and then in 1899 became the seat of the Messageries Maritimes.
Renovations are made after the Second War, both outside and inside the hotel. Head Compagnie Générale Maritime in 1973, he was acquired by the Department in 1978 and since 1983, the hotel Joinville the residence of the Secretary General of the Prefecture and houses offices. Protected as historical monuments since 1989, the site is only very occasionally open to the public but can be observed from the outside (street Courier).
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