The Hôtel Baudard de Saint-James is a former hôtel particulier located at no 12, Place Vendôme in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.
History Built in 1702 for the doctor of the Sorbonne, Louis Dublineau, by the architect Jacques Gabriel, it owes its name to Claude Baudard de Saint-James, who was its second owner.
The hôtel has decorations created in 1777 by François-Joseph Bélanger and the painter Jean-Jacques Lagrenée.
In 1849, the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin died at the Hôtel Baudard de Saint-James.
It is now owned by the Crédit Foncier de France and occupied by the jeweler Chaumet.
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