Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1912 — TO MARK OLDEST HOUSE [ARTICLE]

TO MARK OLDEST HOUSE

Commemorative Plato, Will be Placed on Residence Erected in City of Paris In 1407. Paris.—A commemorative plate Is about to be placed on the oldest bouss In Paris, 51 Rue de Montmorency, In the Temple district. It Is a corner house Just off the Boulevard Sebastopol, at the junction of the Rue St. Martin with the Rue de Montmorency. Tbe house, which was built In 1407 by the philanthropist Nicolas Flamel, Is now known as the Hotel Helvetia, and also as the Tavern© Nicolas Flamel. It was originally built as a hostelry for workingmen, tbe revenue from whose lodging was used to pay for the food they consumed. Some years go when the front of the house was restored inscriptions were laid bare which revealed the original purposes of ths building. <