The
U.S. State Department owns three buildings in Paris to support its diplomatic, consular, trade and cultural activities, which are: the chancery building, the Hôtel de Talleyrand and the
Hôtel de Pontalba (ambassador's residence). More details about the latter two buildings can be found in the Secretary of State's
Register of Culturally Significant Property. The U.S. Mission to the
OECD is located at 12 Avenue Raphaël in the 16th arrondisement.
Chancery The four-story
chancery building, housing the ambassador's office, faces Avenue Gabriel and the gardens of the
Champs-Élysées; it is beside the
Hôtel de Crillon. It was built in 1931, following the demolition of an existing building, the
Hôtel Grimod de La Reynière. Designed by
Delano & Aldrich – an American architectural firm based in
New York City,
New York – along with French architect
Victor Laloux, the building has a
façade that conforms with other buildings on the Place de la Concorde, as required by French law.
Hôtel de Talleyrand The , also called the Talleyrand building, at 2
rue Saint-Florentin formerly housed the American Embassy Consular Services, Public and Cultural Affairs offices, several other government agencies, and the
George C. Marshall Center. Most of these offices were subsequently moved to the chancery building. It was then purchased by the banker
James Mayer de Rothschild,
whose family owned it for over a century, until 1950, when it was acquired by the U.S. government.
Ambassador's residence The nearby property at 41
rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, known as the
Hôtel de Pontalba, was built by
Louis Visconti for the
New Orleans–born
Baroness Micaela Almonester de Pontalba between 1842 and 1855.
Edmond James de Rothschild acquired the building in 1876. His estate sold it in 1948 to the U.S. government, and today it is the residence of the
U.S. Ambassador to France. File:P1030437 Paris Ier rue Saint-Florentin n°2 Hôtel de Saint-Florentin rwk.JPG|Hôtel de Talleyrand from rue Saint-Florentin File:HoteldePontalba.jpg|
Hôtel de Pontalba - residence of the American ambassador (41 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré) File:Strasbourg 15 avenue d'Alsace.jpg|Consulate General in
Strasbourg File:Station d'écoute de l'ambassade américaine à Paris 2015-06-27.jpg|Chancery rooftop listening station with its
trompe-l'œil facade File:12 avenue Raphaël, Paris 16e 2.jpg|U.S. Mission to the OECD, 12 Avenue Raphaël ==U.S. representatives in France==