Hôtel Baudard de Saint-James

The Hôtel Baudard de Saint-James sits at number twelve, Place Vendôme. You can identify this private mansion by its balanced, classical stone façade, a signature of eighteenth-century Parisian architecture designed by Jacques Gabriel in seventeen oh two. While many buildings on this square have seen their original interiors gutted over the centuries, this one is known for retaining ornamental work commissioned in seventeen seventy-seven by the financier Claude Baudard de Saint-James.