George Săraru House

GEORGE SĂRARU HOUSE The building, built in 1930, near the Buzău Railway Station, initially had a double function: restaurant and residential house. The house has the inscription G. SĂRARU on the frontispiece on the left, the name of its first owner. George Săraru was one of the brothers of the lawyer Stan Săraru, mayor of Buzău from 1933 to 1937. In 1946, the restaurant was closed and used as a housing space for tenants imposed by the People’s Council of the city. In 1955, the house was divided into two apartments by the sons of Gheorghe Săraru. The original image of the facade, preserved in a photograph from 1965, shows us a building built with a lot of practical sense, to respond especially to its commercial role. The customer room had two showcase windows, on one side and the other of the main entrance, all equipped with metal shutters. Three other rooms were used for different services. The cellar was under the building, and the parents’ place, transformed into a Dance Hall, where certain festivities could be organized, was in the courtyard. The house itself had 6 rooms. After 1946, the dance hall was demolished and a stable was built in its place, later transformed into a workshop. Over time, the other accessories were also demolished, the courtyard became a garden, and the customer room and the kitchen are now commercial spaces. The building is classified as a historical monument (BZ-IV-m-B-02512).