Château Aubéry, Art Deco ruins in Ducos, Martinique.

Château Aubéry is an Art Deco concrete building in Croix Rivail, Ducos, Martinique, erected from 1928 to 1930 as the Maison Rivail. A long central block carries a raised square tower with a low domed roof; below it, two tiers of tall arched openings form galleries with dark railings. Lower wings extend left and right, and dense foliage hides the base.

Built as Maison Rivail from 1928 to 1930 under architect Germain Olivier and Italian contractor Volpi, the house was occupied from 1931 by the béké Eugène Aubéry, whose initials AE mark the entrance mosaic. In 1942, after the death of the Lareinty factory owner, his wife and eight children left. The building later housed the École Normale from 1956, then an agricultural school, and was sold for a symbolic franc to Ducos.

The building was first called Maison Rivail, after the locality of Croix Rivail where it stands; it took the name Aubéry from the béké family that moved in in 1931. Eugène Aubéry was a white Creole planter, not an industrialist. Look for the mosaic of the front step, marked with his initials AE.

Visiting requires coordination with local authorities due to the building's deteriorated condition. Wear sturdy footwear and stay alert to unstable ground and structural hazards when exploring the site.

The mosaic on the front step bears the initials AE, those of Eugène Aubéry, who moved into the house with his family in 1931. The same man was implicated in the assassination of André Aliker on 12 January 1934.