18th district

1 place du CalvaireArt Nouveau style. This curious door is made of wood and transparent stained glass in a shape reminiscent of a fly’s wings. The portal is surmounted by 2 owls in the Art Deco style. Architect Louis Brachet.
1 rue Armand GauthierArt nouveau. The only building on this small street not built by Armand Gauthier. It features an imposing doorway adorned with a garland of reeds and irises. The very free forms of the door’s ironwork echo the design of the irises. 1907
1 rue CortotArt Deco style. Two eagles face each other, encircling the door clasp. Architect Jean Boucher
148 rue du Faubourg Saint DenisEntrance to the Passage Delanos. Porch key adorned with a cow’s head surmounted by a small palmettes decoration.
17 rue SimplonArt nouveau. Door frame adorned with delicate bellflower garlands. Note the beautiful font bearing the name of architect F. Clabaux. 1910
18 rue du Mont CenisTwo birds feeding chicks in a nest. Architects G. Chevillard and Jean Boucher. 1927
185 rue BelliardMosaic decoration. Hygienist architecture of the 20s and 30s. Man with a compass: self-portrait of the architect, Henri Deneux, at his work table in the style of medieval representations of trades. 1910-1913
190 rue MarcadetA very simple pedestrian door with a handle and a transom, both featuring Art Nouveau ironwork. The door frame is embellished with a garland of arums. The lintel bears a delicate iris motif framed by two small consoles adorned with sunflowers.
20 rue DurantinNeo-gothic style. Mask half man half ram. Two small turrets
21 rue des SaulesNarrow ogee-shaped door
23 rue Eugêne CarrièreSmall paneled door. Basket-handle frame decorated with a garland of fruit and surmounted by a completely asymmetrical and very exuberant rocaille-style cartouche.
32 rue VéronA beehive with bees decorates the cartouche above the door.
37 rue André AntoineWoman sitting nonchalantly looking at a notebook. Architect Henri Sénet
4 place de la ChapelleArt deco style. Egyptian mask.
41 avenue de Saint OuenImposing carved staple showing a woman in 3/4 bust reading a paper. The door frame is decorated with a rose branch. Castanets hang from the brackets on the balcony above the door. Architect Henri Sénet. 1906
43 rue de ClichyBeautifully carved motif on the lintel depicting a dog’s head in front surrounded by two leaping dogs.
5 rue HoudonDoor surmounted by an enormous shell. Architect A. Besnard. 1905
64 rue du Mont-CenisArt déco. Curious rounded tympanum: a female face crowned with a star and flanked by two oil lamps in a medallion rendered as a sun.
64 rue MontmartreHead looking as Asterix with its long mustaches
66 rue StephensonArt nouveau. The lintel’s motif echoes the finial above the door. Its curves are accentuated by two bundles of bamboo. Note the door’s exquisite ironwork.
7bis rue DamrémontArt nouveau. Porte arrondie avec petite fenêtre arrondie sur le côté. Sœurs jumelles : 99 rue de la Pompe, 4 rue Benjamin Godard. Architectes Gridaine et Torchet. 1901
7 impasse Marie BlancheMaison Eymonaud, named after its antique dealer owner, was built in the troubadour style and adorned with a multitude of small figures and gargoyles. The porch is designed in neo-Renaissance style. The house is also known as de l’Escalopier, in reference to the Hôtel de l’Escalopier (built in 1835 and demolished in 1882), which left a lasting impression and was located not far from 13–19 Rue Joseph de Maistre. Some historians believe that Ernest Eymonnaud salvaged decorative elements for his house. Architect Joseph Charles Guirard de Montarnal. 1897