Hôtel de Langeac

The Hôtel de Langeac was a residence in Paris, France located at 92, Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Demolished in 1842, it is best known for having been the residence of Thomas Jefferson while he served as the United States' 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", Jefferson wrote in Sept. 1785 quoted Meacham. The house was situated at the corner of the Champs-Élysées and the rue de Berri.[1] Jefferson grew Indian corn in his garden. The house was originally constructed for one of Louis XV's ministers mistress'. Jefferson decorated it with neoclassical furniture and employed a household staff of 7 or 8 domestics, including a coachman, footman, and a 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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