Jules Saulnier was a French

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 architect

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. He is best remembered for his work on the Menier Chocolate Co.

Menier Chocolate

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 buildings in Noisiel

Noisiel

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, France

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. Many historians cite his 1872 building as the first true skeleton structure, having its exterior walls requiring only simple infill. http://www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/adams/arch251/winter1998/ha/feb18/feb18.htm The February 1997 issue of the Architectural Review

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 called the iron and brick chocolate factory at Noisiel "one of the iconic buildings of the Industrial Revolution". In 1992, the factory was designated by the government of France as an official Monument historique

Monument historique

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 and is on the list to be named a UNESCO

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 World Heritage Site

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 http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1664/.

A street in the Paris

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ian suburb of Saint-Denis

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is named in Jules Saulnier's honor.