Lucien Hesse

Hesse designed several synagogues,^[2] including the one in Bruyères, Vosges in 1902–1903,^[3] and the one in Belleville, Paris in 1930.^[4] He also designed a Jewish school in Paris, the École Lucien-de-Hirsch.^[5] He designed the chapel of the Roussel family in the Neuilly-sur-Seine community cemetery in 1902.^[6]

Hesse designed the Villa Torre Clementina in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin for Ernesta Stern in 1904.^[7] He designed the hôtel particulier at 10 bis Avenue Élysée-Reclus in Paris for Auguste Rateau.^[8] He also designed the third (and current) Château de la Muette for Baron Henri de Rothschild in 1914–1924; it is now the headquarters of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).^[2]

Hesse became a knight of the Legion of Honour in 1920.^[1]

Hesse died in November 1929.^[9] Some of his buildings are now listed as official historical monuments by the French Ministry of Culture.^[3][7]