Louis-Daniel Perrier (1818–1903) was a Swiss architect from

Neuchâtel , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France), ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. He was born in

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although he was originally from the towns of Sainte-Croix and

Orges Orges is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Orges is first mentioned in 1260 as ''Orses''. The country estate of Longeville is first mentioned in 1261 as ''Longavilla''. Geograp ...

. He studied art in Paris and

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before moving to Neuchâtel in 1848. He was the architect for the government of the Canton of Neuchâtel between 1849 and 1863. In 1864 and until 1867, he was construction director for the city of Neuchâtel. He constructed

Philippe Suchard Philippe Suchard (9 October 1797 – 14 January 1884) was a Swiss chocolatier, industrialist and entrepreneur. He founded Chocolat Suchard in 1826. Early life Suchard was born on 9 October 1797, in Boudry, to Louise Sophie Dubey and Guillaume Suc ...

's house, the church of

Les Brenets Les Brenets is a former municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Les Brenets merged into Le Locle. History Les Brenets is first mentioned in 1325 as ''chiez le Bruignet''. Geograph ...

, the primary school "Le Collège de la Promenade" in Neuchâtel, and restored the castles of

and Cormondrèche among other works. He was married to Cécile Dardel and is the father of the

Federal Councillor The Federal Council (german: Bundesrat; french: Conseil fédéral; it, Consiglio federale; rm, Cussegl federal) is the executive body of the federal government of the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation and serves as the collective head of state ...

Louis Perrier Frédéric-François-Louis Perrier (22 May 1849 – 16 May 1913) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1912–1913). , he is the member with the shortest time in office (14 months). Biography Perrier was born in Neuchât ...

. He was also the great-grandfather of Denise and

Raymonde Berthoud Raymonde Berthoud (24 November 1919 – 27 May 2007) was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and was the fourth of Henri Berthoud and Marianne Perrier's five children. She was the sister of Jean-Louis Berthoud, Jean-Louis and Denise Berthoud, granddaugh ...

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* *http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F4638.php *https://web.archive.org/web/20110706233945/http://www.histoirene.ch/rhn/biblio/notes04-1COUR.pdf p. 134 *https://web.archive.org/web/20110706234814/http://www.lermitage.ch/ermitage100.pdf p. 18 *Dictionnaire biographique des cent premiers conseillers fédéraux - Urs Altermatt, 1993 (p. 312-315) {{DEFAULTSORT:Perrier, Louis-Daniel Swiss architects People from Neuchâtel 1818 births 1903 deaths