Hôtel de Langeac

The Hôtel de Langeac was a residence in Paris, France, located at 92, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, the corner of the Champs-Élysées and the rue de Berri. The house was originally constructed for a mistress of one of Louis XV's ministers.

Before demolition in 1842, the Hôtel de Langeac may have been best known as the residence of Thomas Jefferson while he was the American Minister to France, from 1785 to 1789. "I have at length procured a house in a situation much more pleasing to me than my present", he wrote in September, 1785.[1] Jefferson grew Indian corn in the garden of the house. He filled the house with neoclassical furniture and employed a household staff of seven or eight servants, including a coachman, footman, and valet.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Meacham, Jon (2012). Thomas Jefferson. New York: Random House. p. 191. ISBN 9781400067664.
  2. ↑ Chernow, Ron (2004). Alexander Hamilton. New York: The Penguin Press. p. 314. ISBN 9781594200090.
  3. ↑ "Hôtel de Langeac". Thomas Jefferson Monticello. monticello.org. Retrieved 9 April 2017.

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