The layout of the Rue Lainerie dates back the early Middle Ages and was completed in 1911.

14 lived in a wealthy family of magistrates, the Palmier, later replaced by Claude de Bourg who modernized the street in 1510.

In its northern part, at the junction with the Rue François Vernay, several old houses were razed in 1911, under the mandate of President Édouard Herriot, during development works of the district which included the construction of the Gare de Lyon-Saint-Paul (1874) and the Palais de Bondy, housing the Salle Molière (1904).

14, the gothic façade of the Mayet de Beauvoir house, built in 1516[6] decorated with protruding flowers, mullioned windows, arches, medallions, a statue of the Virgin, and at No.

18, a nice staircase[7] and a building with an arched driveway with rib vaults that fall on caps adorned with angels, devils or animals.