Immeuble

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History

When the Place Louis-le-Grand was created, adjacent lands were offered to finance officers, but also to speculator architects of the Bâtiments du Roi, the management of transactions having been ceded by the King to the aldermen of Paris. Such is the case of the southern part of the rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs which concerns this file (current rue Danielle Casanova, odd side). The lands were offered for sale around 1699; they were acquired by building owners between 1702 and 1707. Indeed, these lands were rarely built on by the first purchasers. The economic difficulties of the country had made property transactions difficult. Jules Hardouin Mansart for his part had arranged to have the King offer him a certain number of lands before 1699, including those corresponding to nos. 17 to 27 of rue Danielle Casanova. Having died in 1708, it was his widow who continued the sale he had undertaken. The construction was spread between 1703 approximately and 1715. Several buildings were built in pairs such as nos. 97 and 99 (29 and 31 rue Danielle Casanova) or again nos. 93 and 95 (25 and 27 rue Danielle Casanova). Names of architects are known; thus Jacques Mazière for no. 89 (21, rue Danielle Casanova) and Germain Boffrand for no. 101 (33, rue Danielle Casanova). All of these buildings were the subject of acquisition or repurchase by auction between 1837 and 1842, which corresponds perfectly to the dating of the fixtures visible today in the common areas and on the rear façades, very typical of the Louis-Philippe period. These buildings were first functional housing, intended for royal "officials". Most often double in depth, they have a wing in return, sometimes matching that of the adjacent contemporary building, and comprising the staircase around a common courtyard with a common well also. The ground floor is devoted to stables, numerous, the mezzanine to the housing of servants, while the storey has large panelled salons and antechambers. The staircases, mostly retouched in the early 19th century, have often retained their handrail. The vestibule and carriage passage testify to the fixtures of the first half of the 19th century. The façades on the street have retained their elevation and their treatment of the 18th century while the façades on the courtyard have evolved through the refurbishment of the courtyard and buildings overlooking the Gomboust passage.