Jacquard loom
In 1804, the first Jacquard loom was installed in the street. Circa 1981, was housed at No. 24. On 8 February 2005, the city of Lyon installed a plaque as tribute to Jewish children of the school who were deported and killed during the Second World War. Among the famous inhabitants of the street, there are the painters Jacques Collet (1557) and Jean Montet (1785), and the designer Martin François (1887). The father of artist Paul Chenavard was dyer in the rue Saint-Marcel.