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Cercle de l´Industrie

Grande Rue
Roubaix, France
Type: Other
Status: Closed
Open: 1867, Close: 1960

From the seventeenth century were very much in vogue the Cercles, clubs in the English style, which were places of sociability of noble and rich. Were very restricted clubs where the members met daily for socializing, reading, dining and gambling. Some periodically promoted shows, conferences, exhibitions and balls. Roubaix know a great development in the nineteenth century with the industry of manufacture of woolen fabrics .Roubaix was then considered the world capital of wool. The factory owners and traders make great fortunes with the manufacture and export of fabrics. The Cercle de l'Industrie is founded in 1867 as a meeting place and leisure of remarkable and rich Roubaix. The first installation was located in saint Georges Street (now Rue General Sarrin). Between 1880 and 1909 worked at 8 Rue du Curé (where he was the Gaumont Palace, demolished in 1928). It is then transferred to lavish facilities in Grande Rue, with large gambling rooms, living rooms, bar, etc. The Cercle remained here until 1960, the year of its closure.