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The house on 15 rue de Strasbourg in Molsheim is an emblematic building of Alsatian Renaissance architecture, built in the 1st quarter of the 17th century. It is distinguished by its drip-on-street façade, its 1st floor in a light corbellation, and a sandstone courière supported by crows sculpted with ironwork and acanthes motifs. The arches in the middle of the hanger, decorated with figurative tables, testify to its commercial or artisanal use. An engraved date, 1618, on the frieze of the entrance door, probably corresponds to the construction of the whole.

The house retains remarkable Renaissance elements, such as a decent transverse corridor leading to a wooden staircase, and a T-roof with two volute and obelisk gables. These details, as well as the task marks shared with other buildings in Molsheim (such as canon houses on Jenner and Vosges streets), suggest the intervention of the same stone tailors. Originally, the house was separated from its neighbour by a passage, now disappeared after its reconstruction in the last quarter of the 19th century. Only the part of the courier overlooking the street remains.

Classified as a historic monument by decree of 18 June 1929, the house specifically protects its facade and roof on street, as well as a Renaissance door on courtyard. It is considered to be the last house in Molsheim to preserve butt arcades of this period, reflecting the artisanal and commercial life of the city in the seventeenth century. Today, its ground floor houses a modist shop, partially perpetuating its original vocation.

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