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The Gaillard de La Bouëxière hotel, also known as Hotel de La Porte, is a former mansion built in No 28, Place Vendôme in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. Its construction began in 1711 for the financier John Law of Lauriston, under the direction of architect Jacques V Gabriel. Law, a speculator and businessman, acquired several parcels in the square as early as 1706, but immediately gave the building to the farmer general Paul-Étienne Brunet of Ranky, while preserving the nude property. This hotel located in the Hotel de Nocé opens on both Rue de la Paix and Rue Danielle-Casanova, reflecting the prestige of its first owners.

In 1724, the hotel was sold by Gilles Brunet de Ranky (son of Paul-Étienne) to Jean Gaillard de La Bouëxière, general farmer and seigneur of Gagny, who gave him his current name. At his death in 1759, the good passed to his son-in-law, the Marquis Jean Hyacinthe Hocquart de Montferretil, and then to his son Jean Emmanuel Hocquart de Maisonrouge, who gave him in 1766 to the minister of Marine Arnaud de La Porte. The latter remained the owner of the property until his death in 1792, when the hotel was purchased by notary Marc Colin, before being passed on to his successor Alexandre Rousseau, who exercised it until 1816.

In the 19th century, the hotel changed hands several times: acquired in 1817 by Jacques Amable Beaurain, he was then passed on to his daughter Clarisse Josephine Angélique Beaurain during his marriage with Jean-Étienne-Régnault Nitot, heir to the Chaumet jewellery dynasty (founded by Marie-Étienne Nitot). The Nitot family, who also owned the hotel in Gramont (future hotel Ritz), kept the hotel until the early 20th century. Since the 1980s, the site has been home to the boutique of the Charvet House, after its acquisition by the Colban family in 1965.

In terms of heritage, the hotel has been classified partly as historical monuments since 16 February 1928, for its facades and roofs. Its architecture, characteristic of the early eighteenth century, and its history linked to financial and aristocratic figures make it a major witness to Parisian urban planning under the Regency and the Enlightenment.

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