The school town hall

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Because the twenty or so children of Yquebeuf "have to walk to the schools of Cailly, nearly 4 km through woods, by paths mostly bad, especially in winter, which greatly harms school attendance" and that the commune has no town hall, Jean Papillon, the newly re-elected mayor since May 20, 1900 , convinced the city council on August 5 to consider ways to remedy it. The council voted unanimously on the project.

The case was then quickly settled.

A few days later, the choice was made on a 1-acre plot of farmland, belonging to Mr. Godebin, and then in October René Martin, the architect, presented the project uniting the school, the teacher’s housing and the town hall. It included on the ground floor, the town hall and the school and upstairs the teacher's accommodation. Finally, in December, the Academic Inspectorate of La Seine Inférieure expressed its views: "The project presented is well understood. The location chosen is spacious, well located and far from any bad neighborhood. The personal accommodation will be sufficient and even comfortable. The well-oriented and illuminated classroom will need to be enlarged to accommodate 30 students instead of 24." It was completed a few days later by that of the Prefecture.

It was not until May 1902 that the minutes of the auction of the construction work were completed. The estimate approved by the Prefect, amounted to 15100 Frs, not including the architect's fees. Louis Girard, a building contractor living in St Saëns won the bidding (8 % discount) for 13892 Frs. The water needed for the work would be taken in a pond or in the Cailly in case of drought. Two covered playgrounds, one for girls, one for boys, two yards, and tank toilets complemented these facilities. Finally, a 100 square feet cistern provided the water for all buildings. The final reception of the works took place in November 1903, in the presence of Mr. René Martin the architect, Jean Papillon the mayor and Louis Girard the building contractor.

At the request of the teacher, Célestin Lemarchand, mayor, proposed the electrification of the communal buildings in 1929, and the council decided to install electricity in the teacher's apartment 3 years later.