Hôtel du Plessis-Guénégaud
The Hôtel du Plessis-Guénégaud was a French aristocratic townhouse, built 1630–1632 for the financier to the designs of architect Clément Métezeau. It was located at what is now 13 Quai Malaquais in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The site had been owned from 1628 by Auguste de Loménie, Sieur de la Ville-aux-Clercs, who had become the Count of Brienne from his marriage in 1623 to. His hôtel is shown as Hôtel de Brienne on the 1652 Gomboust map of Paris. Subsequently it was kown by other names, including Hôtel de Conti, Hôtel du Plessis-Guénégaud, Hôtel de Créquy, Hôtel de Lauzun, Hôtel de La Roche-sur-Yon, and Hôtel Mazarin. It became the property of the state during the French Revolution but in 1818 was returned to its former owners, who demolished it in 1843. The property was acquired by the École des Beaux-Arts in 1858, and Félix Duban began construction of the Bâtiment des Expositions, which was completed in 1862.
