Embassy of the United States, Paris

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.[2] It was built in 1931, following the demolition of an existing building, the Hôtel Grimod de La Reynière.[4] 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.[4]

Hôtel de Talleyrand in 2007

The Hôtel de Talleyrand, 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.[5] Most of these offices were subsequently moved to the chancery building.[5] Constructed in 1769 as a private residence, the property was acquired in 1812 by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, who owned it until his death in 1838.[6] 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.[6]

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.[7] Edmond James de Rothschild acquired the building in 1876.[7] His estate sold it in 1948 to the U.S. government, and today it is the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to France.[7]

Telegram sent from the U.S. Embassy in Paris to President Kennedy on May 31, 1961