Banque Charles Renauld, Bank building in Nancy, France

Banque Charles Renauld is a bank building constructed between 1908 and 1910 at the corner of Rue Chanzy and Rue Saint-Jean. Its light beige ashlar facade rises to a steep dark roof, with a rounded corner tower topped by a conical roof and lantern. Below the tower, a curved stone balustrade sits above three round-headed arches around a recessed entrance, where "BNP PARIBAS" is mounted in dark letters.

Charles Renauld, a financier from Rambervillers and brother-in-law of Antonin Daum, became co-owner in 1881 of a bank founded in 1871. In July 1907 he left its premises at 21 rue Saint-Dizier for a new building in the Art Nouveau style, erected between 1908 and 1910 to designs by architects Émile André and Paul Charbonnier. The interiors were inscribed as monuments historiques on 4 May 1994, and the facades and roofs classified on 28 November 1996.

The building carries the name of Charles Renauld, a financier from Rambervillers who was the brother-in-law of Antonin Daum of the Nancy glassworks. In July 1907 he left his premises at 21 rue Saint-Dizier for this new house, and since 1985 the ground floor has served as a BNP Paribas branch, so the banking use has continued for over a century.

The building is a working BNP Paribas branch at 9 rue Chanzy, corner of rue Saint-Jean (no. 58), about 250 metres east of Nancy station. The banking hall is not open to tourists; the Art Nouveau facade, corner tower and three-arched entrance can be seen from the pavement. The listed interiors are not freely visitable.

Charles Renauld was the brother-in-law of Antonin Daum, the glassmaker of the Daum studio, which helps explain the level of interior decoration. The building has housed a BNP Paribas branch since 1985, and its interiors were listed as monuments historiques in 1994, two years before the facades and roofs were classified in 1996.