U.S. and France
Historic Places
9th Arrondissement
72, rue Auber
The opening of the street caused the disappearance of rue Trudon in which Minister Plenipotentiary Robert Livingston lived.
16, rue Laffitte
The part of the rue Laffitte comprised between the Boulevard des Italiens and the rue de Provence was inhabited by Johnathan Russell, the Chargé d'Affaires at the beginning of the XIXth Century, when it was known as the rue Cerutti.
44, rue de la Victoire
In 1921, a synagogue occupied the site of a hotel which was the seat of the Legation. Two Ministers Plenipotentiary lived here: Edward Livingston from 1836 to 1837 and General Lewis Cass in 1837.
24, rue de Vintimille
The Place de Vintimille and the Square Berlioz occupy the site of the garden of the pavilion built before the Revolution by the architect Carpentier, for the Fermier-Général de la Bouxière : the trees of the Place are the remains of an immense park, and the grass plot of the Square is on the spot where a pond used to be. It was in this pavilion that Monroe lived in 1794. The chief entrance was on rue de Clichy.
10th Arrondissement
30, rue d'Hauteville
The American Consulate was established here from 1842 to 1844. This is the earliest reference to a separate Consulate, although there was a Consul appointed to assist Benjamin Franklin who apparently worked with him in the Legation.
12th Arrondissement
35, rue de Picpus
Picpus Cemetery- La Fayette's grave
Marie Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Mottier, Marquis de La Fayette, signed an agreement with Silas Deane in 1777, to serve as a general in the Continental Army. He obtained the title of Major General from the Continental Congress. He was one of the actors of the French American victory of Yorktown. Back in France, he was Commander of the National Guard during the French Revolution. He returned twice to the United States after the war and was made honorary citizen of the United States. He is buried next to his wife in the cemetery of Picpus. Every 4th of July, U.S. officials, members of the French Cincinnati Society and the French Sons of the American Revolution gather to remember La Fayette.