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The building on Thursday's 40th Street in Alençon is a civil building dating from the 18th century, representative of small private hotels built by the region's trading bourgeoisie. Its street façade and roof, inscribed in historical monuments since 1975, illustrate the sober and functional style of the era, marked by decorative balconies and interiors preserving woodwork and original furniture.

Alençon, a city of Lower Normandy (now Normandy), was home to a vibrant provincial society in the 18th century, where the enlightened bourgeoisie played a central role in urban development. These buildings, often located downtown, reflected the social status of their owners while meeting the practical needs of an expanding trading class. Their architecture, though modest, reflects the influence of national artistic currents adapted to local resources.

The partial inscription of the building (facades and roofs) as historical monuments on 18 July 1975 underlines its heritage value, in particular for its state of conservation and its emblematic character. The protected elements include the parts visible from the street and the courtyard, as specified in the registration order, without extension to the interior spaces not mentioned in the available sources.

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