Building history

This house, also known as the Maison à la Bourse, is cited in the 13th century as belonging to the Morimont family, then in the 14th century as belonging to the Bittel family, before being acquired by Jean Goll and restored in 1542.

Built for commercial use, the ground floor features three arched arcades, one of which opens onto a corridor leading to the foot of the spiral staircase turret serving the two storeys.

The oriel

The oriel is remarkable and corresponds to the corbelled construction of the façade. Each floor has a triple window divided by two stone mullions. It is supported by four buttresses ending in acanthus leaves.
Three other buttresses, with more minimalist ornamentation, support the stone balcony, whose wrought iron balustrade was made at the very end of the 19th century or the very beginning of the 20th century.
The trompe-l'œil decoration is more contemporary. In the style of Renaissance buildings, medallions praise the city's great humanists, identified by a Latin inscription. These include Martin Bucer, Erasmus, Beatus Rhenanus and Jacques Wimpheling.