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Origin and history

The house located at 42 rue Meslay, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, is a 18th-century civil building. This monument, whose street façade was inscribed in the Historical Monuments by order of 24 March 1925, represents a typical example of the Parisian domestic architecture of this period. Its location in the Marais, then in full transformation, reflects the growing urbanization of the capital under the Ancien Régime.

In the 18th century, Paris experienced an architectural boom marked by the construction of many mansions and bourgeois houses. These buildings, often located in neighbourhoods such as the Marais, testify to the prosperity of an urban elite composed of merchants, enriched artisans and nobles. The protection of the façade of this house in 1925 underscores its heritage interest, particularly for its characteristic style and its integration into the historical fabric of the 3rd arrondissement.

No additional information is available about its occupants or its precise use throughout the centuries.

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