Le Château d'Ottomont

In 1896, Mister Maurice Duesberg-Delrez, the son of Otto-Caspar Duesberg-Frederici, an industrialist from Verviers, erected a manor on the heights of the town and named it "Mont-Clotilde" in memory of his mother. The Château d’Ottomont manor, built on the heights of the town, overlooked an English garden which is today the municipal park. With its seaside style architecture, on the first floor this villa possesses a wooden gallery that runs along the south-facing wall. It previously belong to the Houben family, a rich family whose dynasty arose from the production of leather belts for the steam machines required by textile companies in which the Duesberg family held stakes, before it was acquired by the municipality of Andrimont to house its administrative services from 1953 to 1977, the year in which the town merged with Dison. The famous musician Steven Houben is a descendent of this family. He is currently the director of the Royal Music Academy in Liège and has occupied this position since 2012.