This is the place where the well attended and fascinating today’s architectural tour about the Little Paris style architecture (what I collectively term the Fin de Siècle architecture of Romania inspired mainly from French c19th historicist styles) of Bucharest came to a close. The building used to be a tradesman’s house, now in the property of the local authorities, hosting the population registry office. Its particular style is a flamboyant French neo-rococo, with some neo-Gothic echoes such as the medieval knight armour representations at the base of each Corinthian-like pilasters. The most delightful in my opinion is the wooden doorway, well preserved and straight forward to restore. The monogram of the first proprietor of the house, “N.S.” is visible on the ironwork of the two door windows and on the entrance pediment. The building follows the general plans of a “Pompeii house” with a central hall illuminated by a lantern up on the roof, with rooms distributed around the hall. The Little Paris style houses are among the cheapest period properties in Bucharest and Romania’s citys, being also a rewarding potential restoration project for anyone brave enough to undertake such a task.
Valentin Mandache, architectural historian 
That is a very attractive example! They may be one of the cheapest period properties in Bucharest, again cheap being a relative term, one problem is, that many of the finer examples are standing on valuable pieces of land, in some cases, the owners encourage them fall into disrepair…. a crime! so that in the future they can say that they have to be demolished, and a block of flats built in their place, very sad that there seems to be no “respectful planning” of the city of Bucharest
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It would have been wonderful to be in this trip.
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