| Louis-Charles-François Ledru | |
| Birth Date: | 1778 |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Death Date: | September 16, 1861 |
| Death Place: | Clermont-Ferrand, France |
| Alma Mater: | École Polytechnique |
| Occupation: | Architect |
| Children: | Agis-Léon Ledru |
| Relatives: | Louis-Antoine-Marie Ledru Gaultier de Biauzat (grandson) |
Louis-Charles-François Ledru (1778–1861) was a French architect.
Louis-Charles-François Ledru was born in 1778 in Paris, France.[1] He graduated from the École Polytechnique, where Gaspard Monge was one of his professors.[2] He subsequently took a course in architecture taught by Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand.[2]
Ledru became a member of the Académie royale d'architecture circa 1794.[3] [4] Ledru moved to the Auvergne in 1810, where he started a business in asphalt extraction.[3] By 1811, he designed the spa in Le Mont-Dore.[3] By 1820, he designed the townhall, the jailhouse, the slaughterhouse, the market, etc., in Clermont-Ferrand, where he was appointed as chief architect in 1823.[3] He also designed the courthouse in Thiers and a government building in Ambert.[3]
Ledru was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1841.[4]
With Mayor Antoine Blatin, Ledru co-founded a school in Clermont-Ferrand where mathematics, architecture and drawing were taught free of charge.[3]
Ledru died on September 16, 1861.[4]