arrived in 1917, the new Conservative & # 160; Mr. George Colin, a former adjutant of Engineering, established his home in & # 160; part of the House of Emperor This had the effect of reducing the portion available to both visitors only the first parts, billiard room and lounge.
To remedy this, a private company was formed in 1931 under the name "Society of Friends St. Helena, "which passed" various agreements with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose purpose was:
1) meet the schedules and install the Registrar in order to free the house of the Emperor,
2) gather in the House of the Emperor, transformed into a museum, memories that could recreate the atmosphere of 1821,
3) redesign the gardens as they existed at the same time. "
Mr. Gogois architect appointed by the League of & # 160; Friends of St. Helena arrives December 10, 1933, with two workers and a large portion of materials for reconstruction, including structural steel, produced by the Paris company Goumy metal construction and Co. The total cost will rise to 400,000 francs at the time.
Unfortunately, the choice of materials proved less suitable and the walls began to crack five years later.
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