Château des Monts

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Le château en bref

The Château des Monts is a neoclassical manor house overlooking Le Locle, on the Route des Monts. Built between 1780 and 1790 at the initiative of Samuel DuBois, an officer and watchmaker, on a plot of land brought by his wife, it was soon known as the château by the people of Le Locle. The plans are probably the work of the Lausanne architect Gabriel Delagrange. The property remained in the DuBois family until the early twentieth century; outbuildings were constructed in 1912 by Oesch and Rossier, and the house was converted into a villa around 1915, according to the KGS inventory. Around 1970, the sculptor Edouard-Marcel Sandoz added sculptures around the house. The Musée d'horlogerie du Locle opened there in 1959 and presents local history, private collections and important automata. The house is listed in the inventory of cultural property (KGS 4035).