The villa was built by Mr. Edouard Bouny, notary in Sainte Foy la Grande, brother-in-law of Elisee Reclus, famous geographer and militant anarchist. Came to Arcachon to treat his daughter Marie-Louise, suffering from tuberculosis, the latter died in 1888, at the age of 8 in the Jasmin villa near the Moorish casino. According to Protestant tradition, his father asked the mayor for the possibility of burying him on land belonging to him on the edge of the forest. The villa "Les Sablines" was then built to be lived in in 1890.
It is a villa of regular rectangular plan, in brick. It is composed of a ground floor and a first floor in front of which runs a wooden balcony (now gone), with three front windows and two on the sides.
In 1891, this house was a boarding house for women and children, run by the Tondu nuns.
Have stayed in this villa:
The Cattaert family (Industrial, manufacturer of elastic fabrics); Gaston De Pellerin De Latouche (Member of the Board of Directors of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique); Mr. Norman Spang (American businessmen from Pennsylvania, mineral collectors); Mr Georges de Pogdedaieff (Russian Painter); Mr. Astier (deputy); Mr. Vanlerberghe (veterinarian has his practice there); Mr. Pierre Frondaie (poet, novelist and author of the best seller "L'homme à l'Hispano" stayed there from 1925 to 1948 with his successive wives: Jeanne Grellier (actress), Madeleine Charnaux (sculptor), Jeanne Voilier (writer), Maria Favella (actress) All her archives were bequeathed to the city of Arcachon
