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Origin and history

The Hotel de Choiseul-Praslin is a Parisian mansion built in 1722 by the architect Sulpice Gaubier for the Countess of Choiseul. Located at the corner of the streets of Sèvres and Saint-Romain, it embodies the architectural elegance of the early eighteenth century. His name comes from César Gabriel de Choiseul-Praslin, nephew of the Countess, who inherited it in 1745 and resided there until 1765, while carrying out important expansion and beautification work.

In 1765, Choiseul-Praslin exchanged the hotel with the king for the Belle Isle hotel. Three years later, the monarch gave him to Henry Rouvroy de Saint-Simon, who successively rented him to the scholar Michel Adanson and the Marquis de Kerhoent. The French Revolution weakened its structure: Kerhoent's widow, emigrated and then returned after Thermidor, was forced to sell parts of the building. The hotel, loti from 1831 onwards, underwent changes that affected its distribution and decor, especially after 1876.

Acquired by the State in 1886 to house the National Savings Fund, the hotel then houses the Museum of La Poste from 1946 to 1973. After a period of disoccupation, he was bought in 1989 by Jean-Marc Jeandet, before being mortgaged in 1990. In the early 2000s, the Postal Bank became its owner and undertook a 30-month restoration. Inaugurated in 2011, it now integrates its headquarters and opens to the public during the European Heritage Days.

In terms of heritage, the facades on course were listed as historic monuments in 1926. A 2006 decree extends this protection to the roof, to the remarkable rooms (vestibulum, Louis XV lounges, neo-Louis XVI dining room, neo-Gothic chapel), as well as to the staircase and its cage. The hotel has also been registered in the classified natural site of the "Urban ensemble in Paris" since 1975.

Future

In the early 2000s it was acquired by La Banque postale and restored after 30 months of work.

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