Hôtel Hesselin

[2] The hotel was demolished in 1935 by Helena Rubinstein, who had a new building erected to the designs of the architect Louis Süe.

Since the plot was located on a quiet quai, where street noise was minimal, he moved the entrance courtyard, which typically kept the main part of the house, the corps de logis, far away from the street, to behind the wings used for living, so the latter were near the River Seine and provided vistas across the river toward the University and upriver toward Salpêtrière Hospital.

Le Vau was also responsible for the design and construction of the house to the left, the Hôtel Sainctot, the river side of which was nearly complete by 1640.

[4] The Hôtel Hesselin was purchased in 1932[8] by the rich American cosmetics magnate Helena Rubinstein "for a song" and had tenants living in it.

[11] The new building incorporated elements from the original, including Le Hongre's doors from the carriage entryway[5] and an iron balcony, which had been declared a monument historique in 1927.