In 1201, the chapter allocated one of its houses to the care and reception of the poor and sick: it founded the Saint-Mammès (later Saint-Laurent) hospital. It was the first building of its kind in the city. It was completely rebuilt between 1769 and 1775 to increase its capacity to 22 beds. Visible from Henryot Square, access to the chapel was via a double staircase, the door of which, now walled in, is surmounted by a niche. Decorated by Antoine Besançon, it features a statue of Saint-Laurent (1711). The hospital was normally reserved for the inhabitants of the chapter's lands and the people of Langois, but it also received many soldiers. During the French Revolution, management of the hospital was taken away from the canons and entrusted to the town's civil hospices. Since 1957, the building has been occupied by the tax authorities.
Ancien Hôpital Saint-Laurent
