We’re happy you’ve chosen our apartment for your sojourn in Paris, and we hope the following information helps you on your adventure.
If there is an emergency, don’t hesitate to call our property manager Alexander Cole at Vacations à la Carte in Paris at 01 48 87 00 85 or the owners in San Francisco at +1 415-661-6780 (Pacific time is nine hours earlier than Paris). Alexander's normal working hours are Monday to Friday from 09h00 - 18h00.
Below is a framed history of the building that we found one day, highlighting notable people who lived here in the 17th and 18th centuries. Here is its translation in English:
"14 rue Elzévir was constructed around 1650 by Claude Guesdon on an old tennis court called "The Innocents". His widow sold it in 1681 to Leclerc de Cambray, master of the king's hotel. It was the property in 1738 of Moreau of the City Hall. Madame de Sevigné lived here in 1672 and left in 1677 finding it too small. Her daughter lived here from February 1674 to May 1675 and had her second daughter here. Her uncle, Christopher de Coulanges, lived here with her."
"This is an old house where Ninon de Lenclos and her mother lived in 1643. The house belonged to the wife of Nicolas Colbert in 1655 who was a cousin of the minister. In 1730, it switched hands to Guillaume Lejeune and in 1759 to Francois Bailly. "
Revised 30 December 2004