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The building at 18 rue des Clefs in Munster, Haut-Rhin, is a neo-classical-inspired concierge built between 1799 and 1805. This coated masonry building, with a sandstone base and regular corner chains, is covered with a long-paned roof. Its facades feature serliennes on the floor and segmental arch windows on the ground floor, while frontons crown the north and south elevations. Originally, it was a cloth counter, the only vestige of Hartmann establishments prior to 1914.

Originally designed as a ground floor construction with a roof terrace accessible by an external staircase, the building is modified in the first quarter of the 19th century by the addition of a floor and a long-paned roof. Traditionally attributed to architect Friedrich Weinbrenner, he was attested in 1799 by a drawing by Marie-Bonaventure Lebert. After losing its role as a concierge in 1850, it became a communal property in the 1980s, housing the Cantoria music company before it was registered in the Historic Monuments in 1985.

Protected elements include facades and roofs, excluding a wooden addition. The building, which is partially studded, illustrates Alsatian neoclassical architecture of the hinged period between the 18th and 19th centuries. Its history also reflects Munster's urban evolution, marked by the textile industry and the social transformations of the era.

Today, the building remains an architectural and historical testimony, linked to the region's past economic activity. Its inscription in 1985 underscores its heritage value, while preserving details such as sandstone benches or doric columns of the serlians. Localization, although considered satisfactory a priori, invites a more precise exploration of its urban context.

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