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Immeuble

Paris 6e Arrondissement, Paris, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades et toitures : inscription par arrêté du 15 janvier 1975
Protection dates
1975/01/15 : inscrit MH
Type
immeuble
Main period of construction
1er quart 20e siècle
Dates
1904
Architect or builder
AUSCHER (maître de l'oeuvre)
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
140bis rue de Rennes
Commune
Paris 6e Arrondissement
Département
Paris
Region
Île-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
48.84558, 2.32500
Mérimée reference
PA00088620

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Seine." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Immeuble de dix étages construit en 1904 pour la maison d'alimentation Félix Potin par l'architecte Paul Auscher (E. Devillette, entrepreneur général). Construit en béton armé, l'édifice comporte les magasins d'approvisionnement et de vente au public, situés dans les deux sous-sols, au rez-de-chaussée et à l'entresol, avec des bureaux et des logements au-dessus. Le décor intérieur a disparu mais les arcatures en rez-de-chaussée conservent leurs formes Art Nouveau et des cartouches revêtus de mosaïque, avec les inscriptions "thé, lunchs, pâtisserie, five o'clock, biscuits, chocolats, confiserie, baptêmes, cacaos, café, parfumerie, brosserie, fruits, poissons de mer et d'eau douce, manutention". La tourelle d'angle est couronnée d'un campanile évidé où se lit toujours le nom de Félix Potin.

English translation

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Building of ten storeys built in 1904 for the Félix Potin food company by architect Paul Auscher (E. Devillette, general contractor). Built in reinforced concrete, the building comprises supply and retail shops, situated on the two basements, on the ground floor and entresol, with offices and dwellings above. The interior decoration has disappeared but the arcades on the ground floor retain their Art Nouveau forms and cartouches faced with mosaic, with the inscriptions "tea, lunches, pastries, five o'clock, biscuits, chocolates, confectionery, christenings, cocoas, coffee, perfumery, brushes, fruit, sea and freshwater fish, handling". The corner turret is crowned with an openwork campanile where the name of Félix Potin is still visible.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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