 In 1934, mayor Fernand Moureaux, desiring to emphasise the traditional character of Trouville, as opposed to Deauville's "grand chic" hired local architect Maurice Vincent to build, in 1936, a modern building inspired by the Lieutenance house and the porch of Saint Catherine's church of Honfleur.Due to its significance as an example of 20th-century Norman architecture, it was placed on the Protected Heritage list by the French Institute of Architecture in 1992.On 23 October 1992, fishing trawler the "Laiss'dire" shipwrecked one nautical mile from the entrance to the port of Trouville-sur-Mer.