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| Born | 6 June 1810  former 3rd arrondissement of Paris |
| Died | 1 January 1892 (aged 81) |
| Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
| Occupation | Architect |
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| Position held | diocesan architect (1850–), diocesan architect (1853–) |
Antoine-Nicolas Louis Bailly (6 June 1810 – 1 January 1892) was a French architect.
Born in Paris as the son of a postal official and the eldest of eleven children,[1] Bailly entered theatelier of architectFrançois Debret and through him theÉcole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1830, also studying underFélix Duban.
From 1834, upon his father's retirement, Bailly found himself responsible as the breadwinner for the entire family.[2] In 1850, with the support ofEugène Viollet-le-Duc, Bailly became the architect of the dioceses of Bourges, Valencia and Digne. From 1875 to 1886, he served as diocesan architect of Limoges, and he was also the supervising architect of theNotre Dame de Paris from 1883 to 1886, after Viollet-le-Duc's restorations.
In 1854 Bailly was appointed inspector of works in Paris. As such he participated in the completion of the Old Town Hall and the construction of theFontaine Molière underLouis Visconti. In 1860, BaronGeorges-Eugène Haussmann commissioned Bailly with the administrative building for the4th arrondissement of Paris, which served as a model for others.
His best-known work overall, although not the most admired, is theTribunal de commerce de Paris (Commercial Court of Paris) on theÎle de la Cité, completed in 1865, whichNapoleon III had requested be designed in the style of the town hall ofBrescia. Its business courts are organized around a glass atrium reaching the entire height of the building. The exterior features architectural sculpture byAlbert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse.
Bailly was made a Knight of theLegion of Honour in 1853, Officer in 1868, and promoted to Commander in 1881. He was elected to theAcadémie des Beaux-Arts in 1875, taking the chair ofHenri Labrouste, and served as its president; he was also the first president of theSociété des Artistes Français upon its founding in 1881.
ArchitectErnest Sanson began his career as a draftsman in Bailly's firm, and took over the office in 1865.
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