Hôtel Fenwick, Private mansion in Bordeaux, France

Hôtel Fenwick is a stone private mansion on the Chartrons quays in Bordeaux, built 1793–1800 by architect Jean-Baptiste Dufart. Its light facade has a round-arched central doorway with blue double doors, flanked by two rectangular side doors, with two round windows high on either side. Two square cupolas with grey roofs and white-rimmed round windows sit on the roof, and two carved ship prows frame the entrance above the stone columns.

The building was constructed between 1793 and 1800 by architect Jean-Baptiste Dufart and became the first United States consulate under Joseph Fenwick's leadership. Its creation reflected the strengthened diplomatic ties between France and the young American republic.

The Louis XVI staircase narrows as it rises, a design that mirrored the social ranks admitted to each floor. In the stairwell, a gilded sun on a thirteen-pointed star stands for the thirteen original American states. The building's name comes from Joseph Fenwick, the first US consul anywhere, who had it built from 1793.

Hôtel Fenwick is a private building at 1 cours Xavier-Arnozan in the Chartrons district, not open to visitors; the facade and the two slate-roofed square pavilions can be seen from the public street. The staircase and the salons it serves have been listed as monuments historiques since 7 October 1935, so interior access is not available.

The two carved ships above the entrance columns were added around 1870 by Charles Durand when the main door was reworked. Seen from the front they appear to emerge from the wall; the carving shows the pointed ram used to pierce enemy hulls and the rostrum above the waterline.