Apartment Complex rue La Fontaine

Guimard, Hector
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Groupe d'immeubles,17-19-21 rue La Fontaine, 43 rue Gros, 8-10 rue Agar
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/105573
Date
1909-1911
Description
General view along rue La Fontaine, from west, depicting entrance of rue Agar; Group of seven investment properties built by a private development company with Hector Guimard as a shareholder. One of the intersecting streets was renamed rue Agar in 1912 in honor of the actress (tragédienne) Marie Léonide Charvin, known as Mme. Agar (died 1891). There is a plaque in her honor on the building. Source:
Type of Work
apartment house; housing project
Subject
architectural exteriors, Housing, Art Nouveau
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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