According to original documents the house was built in 1914 by the plans of János Bach assigned by Jenő Schneller and his wife, Ludmill Fill.

The entrance door used to have glass insert and the yard is decorated with Zsolnay tiles.

Flats are accessible from the open courtyard corridors decorated with ornamental Zsolnay tiles and wrought iron consoles and barriers.

The ground floor hosted various shops and services, such as a café, a greengrocer’s, a hairdresser and a butcher’s.

After 1945 an elderly man opened a radio shop and operated a public phone. There was a also stationary and a hardware store next to. The door of the caretaker’s home is still the original one.

The vice-caretaker lived on the top floor, and additionally there were two washing rooms, an ironing room, two servants’ rooms and a dusting area. For using the elevator the caretaker charged a fee.

There were many artists among the residents, such as opera singer and university professor Endre Rősler, opera-dancer Jozefin Morgányi, painter and art teacher Nándor Nagy with his painter wife. Violinist and university professor Eszter Perényi is a current representative of arts in the building.

During the siege of Budapest from December 27, 1944 residents had to spend 50 days in the air raid shelter in the cellar. More than 100 people were closed together without amenities. The house is a real gem of the neighborhood.