Mairie du 18ᵉ

Here’s a provocation. I submit the Mairie du 18ᵉ arrondissement (1888–1905) is a witty distillation of French history & culture and should be counted among one of Paris’ great buildings. This is the ‘city hall’ for the 18th district. It is in Montmartre, down the hill behind Sacre-Couer, at Jules Joffrin Metro station.

I don’t think anyone has written about this building at all. I don’t find much beyond the Mairie du 18ᵉ website. The architects were Marcellin-Emmanuel Varcollier (1829–1885) (French Wikipedia page) and Léon Salleron (1820–1904) (French Wikipedia page). Varcollier is said to be a student of Baltard.

Here are some of my (very limited) observations:

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from google maps