The first documented information on the property dates back to 1863 when it belonged to the college secretary Aristotle Londis. In 1867, this property was purchased by Yulia Vichentievna Yanuchyevsky, the wife of retired porcupine, and in 1869, she commissioned the construction of a house with a basement. The project was designed by the urban architect Alexander Bernardazzi. In early 1870, the house was sold to Elena St. Casso, who later married Gheorghii Nic. Donici, a state councillor, and remained the owner of the house until 1897. In 1901, the property came under the ownership of Mihail Katakazi, a deputy of the Assembly of Deputies of the Basarabian Nobility, and in 1916, it was owned by the Anghel family. During the interwar period, the building served as the headquarters of the National Bank. In the 1980s, the building underwent enlargement.

The most interesting chapter in the history of this house unfolded in 1878 when Elena St. Casso was the owner. After the conclusion of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, Osman Pasha, the former commander of the Ottoman Army who had originally surrendered in Plevna…