Seuler House
Original function:
house
military headquarters / administration
Address:
Piața Sfatului 27
Historical Hungarian county:
Brassó
GPS coordinates:
45.642754223, 25.5885612026
History
The 16th century Baroque building burnt down in a fire in 1689; it was rebuilt in 1709-1710 by Bartholomäus Seuler, the town judge. It later became the property of the Herbertsheim family and was rebuilt in the mid-18th century by the town judge Samuel Herbert von Herbertsheim. It was one of the most luxurious buildings in 18th century Brassó, so the town council bought it in 1767 for 10 000 forints and made it the residence of the commander of the town guard and the headquarters of the border guard. During their visits to Brassó, the Habsburg monarchs Joseph II (June 1783), Franz I (June and September 1817) and Franz Joseph (July 1852) stayed here. The building was home to the Kronstädter Allgemeine Sparkasse from 1835 and the municipal pawnshop from 1847.
After the First World War, the building was converted from a military headquarters into a tenement. Between 1919 and 1935, it was the seat of the Brassó Romanian Casino (Casina Română) cultural association. In 1927, Sánta Ferenc, Kossuth Prize-winning Hungarian writer, was born here. Between 1956 and 1958 it was renovated under the direction of architect Günther Schuller.
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