The building dates from the second half of the 19th century and is a monument of architecture with memorial value. The house belonged to the novelist Nicolae Gane until his death (1916), then sold by his son to the Regional Forestry Division. After 1948, the building passed into the heritage of the Jassy City Hall, as the Communal Management Enterprise took it over. On the 25th of December 1992 the Romanian Literature Museum moved there. The house, closed at present, will be reopened as museum in the future.