The Bingerville Boys'Orphanage is housed in what was once the Governor's Palace. Built on the site of the former Adjamé cemetery, the building was delivered in 1912, after seven years of construction work, with frames, louvers and door and window frames imported from France. 
With its majestic double staircase and beautiful louvered shutters, this handsome residence features architecture similar to the colonial style of New Orleans, which characterized all the governors'residences built in Black Africa at the time. 
An amusing detail: the central building depicts an elephant, and from the balcony you can see the head and ears on the ground, outlined by the lawn, while the double staircase depicts the tusks.