Construction of hotel 1780-1800 (≈ 1790)
Presumed period of initial construction.
vers 1810
Residence of Countess Walewska
Residence of Countess Walewska vers 1810 (≈ 1810)
Internal changes attributed to his occupation.
3 juillet 1986
Registration for Historic Monuments
Registration for Historic Monuments 3 juillet 1986 (≈ 1986)
Protection of facades, roofs, ceiling and garden.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Facades and roofs; painted ceiling of the ground floor living room; (Case 1983 G 37): entry by order of 3 July 1986
Key figures
Comtesse Walewska - Busy around 1810
Fits to modify the interior layout of the hotel.
Origin and history
The Walewska hotel, located in Boulogne-Billancourt, is a house built between 1780 and 1800, during the 4th quarter of the 18th century. This building, called "hotel", reflects the aristocratic or bourgeois residential architecture of this period, although its original sponsor is not mentioned in the available sources. Its present name derives from its subsequent occupation by Countess Walewska, a historical figure linked to Napoleon I, who resided there around 1810 and had the interior layout modified.
The building has been partially protected since 1986: its facades, roofs, the painted ceiling of the ground floor living room and its garden were inscribed in the Historical Monuments by order of 3 July 1986. The precise location at 7 rue de Montmorency is attested, but the cartographic accuracy is considered poor (note 5/10). Owned by Boulogne-Billancourt, the Walewska Hotel illustrates the civil architectural heritage of the late Ancien Régime and the First Empire in Île-de-France.
No information is available on its current use (visits, rentals, etc.) or on any other significant occupants. Sources are limited to Monumentum data and Merimée archives, with no additional details on craftsmen or transformations after 1810.
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