Acquisition by Claude de Bullion 1613 (≈ 1613)
Purchase of the hotel between Rue du Coq-Heron and Rue Plâtrière.
1614
Expansion by Solomon of Brush
Expansion by Solomon of Brush 1614 (≈ 1614)
Work to extend the private hotel.
1844
Installation of the Savings Bank
Installation of the Savings Bank 1844 (≈ 1844)
Become the bank's historic headquarters.
XIXe siècle
Partial destruction
Partial destruction XIXe siècle (≈ 1865)
Perceived from Rue du Louvre.
24 mars 1925
Registration for historical monuments
Registration for historical monuments 24 mars 1925 (≈ 1925)
Protection of the remaining building.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Key figures
Claude de Bullion - Superintendent of Finance under Louis XIII
Owner and sponsor of the hotel.
Salomon de Brosse - Architect
Enlarged the hotel in 1614.
Alexandre Joseph Paillet - Commissioner-Commander
Organizes auctions.
Origin and history
The Bullion Hotel, also known as the Thouinard Hotel (or Thouinard Hotel), is a 17th-century vestige located at 9 rue Coq-Heron, at the corner of Rue du Louvre, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. Originally, it was a private hotel built for Claude de Bullion, Superintendent of Finance under Louis XIII, and then redesigned in the 18th century. Today, only a small part of the original building remains, the former hotel having been partially destroyed during the 19th-century borehole of Rue du Louvre.
Until the First Empire, the Bullion Hotel served as an auction room, where Alexander Joseph Paillet organized some of his most famous auctions. In 1844, it became the seat of the Caisse d'saving et de Prévoyance de Paris, founded in 1818, and is now considered its "historical seat". The building had previously housed the Royal Insurance Company, located at 104 rue de Richelieu.
The Bullion hotel derives its name from Claude de Bullion, who acquired it in 1613 between the streets of Coq-Héron and Plâtrière (present-day rue Jean-Jacques-Rousseau). Salomon de Brosse expanded in 1614, before various modifications were made later. The building was partially demolished during the 19th century urban transformations, and what remains of it was inscribed in the historic monuments on 24 March 1925.
