Originally, it was a hotel built to accommodate spa patients of the hydrotherapy center founded in 1846 by Dr. Louis Désiré Fleury.

Among the notable visitors who stayed there were Théodore de Banville and actor Frédérick Lemaître in 1857, as well as Édouard Manet with his wife in 1879.

The renowned barefoot dancer, who had suffered the tragic loss of her two young children in April 1913 when their chauffeurless car plunged into the Seine,[2] established a new dance school, Le Dyonision, at her Bellevue estate.

[4][5] Subsequently, the CNRS planned to sell part of the site to a group of real estate developers for the construction of both residential and office buildings, which would replace the remaining annexes scheduled for demolition.

A building permit was submitted in 2015, sparking local opposition due to concerns about pedestrian access, parking, and landscape aesthetics.