The Club d’Alep was originally built to be the residence for the Ghazaleh – a prominent Aleppine family of merchant bankers. The family moved here from Beit Ghazaleh in the Al-Jdayde district of Aleppo. (see David, Jean-Claude et François Cristofoli (2019) Alep, la maison Ghazalé. Histoire et devenirs. Editions Parentheses, 176 p. )