The Joseph Steiner Palace - The Masonic Temple - The House of „Tabacovici Family” - The Elementary School Dimitrie Țichindeal - The Fenyves Palace - The Reinhardt Palace - The Rozsnyai Palace
1. The Joseph Steiner Palace
The palace is situated at the crossroad of the Decebal and Piața Arenei and was built in the year 1910 after the plans of the owner in a Secession style. Until 1948 it hosted the masonic lodge called „B'nai Brit Or”.
2.The Masonic Temple
The construction of the temple began in 1904, after some immense financial efforts. It was built after the plans of Milan Tabacovici.
It was inaugurated on the 21st of October 1905, a date when many sisters and brothers from Hungary were also present. The building was ruled as state property in September 1940. Nowadays it is being used as the festive hall of the „Aurel Vlaicu” Industrial High School.
3. The House of the Tabacovici Family
Has been built in the second half of the 19th century, belonging to the Tabacovici family.
4. The „Dimitrie Țichindeal” National College
The successor of the Preparandia of Arad, the first pedagogical school from Crișana and Banat (which started its activity on the 16th of November 1812), the pedagogical school is located on nr.7, General Ioan Dragalina Boulevard, in a two storey eclectic building built in 1895. The importance of the school is also relevant because of the teachers that tought here, pedagogues and cultural figures such as Dimitrie Țichindeal, the first director (1812-1815), the philologue Constantin Diaconovici Loga (1812-1831), Alexandru Gavra (1821-1877), Atanasie Șandor (1848-1874), the prominent political figure of Vicențiu Babeș (1846-1848), Teodor Ceontea (1876-1903). Traian Mager, the monographist of the Hălmagiu region and many other.
5. The Fenyves Palace
The one-storey building was built embracing the Secession style, with elements that can be found in the ornamentation and the structure, both on the inside and the outside. The building stands out with the alternance of the differently sized balconies with bow-windows and corner logges, but also because of the francmasonic sign that completes the allegoric scene, in alto-relief. which can be found above the front entrance. The building has also got accurately designed iron mongery and painted glasses.
6. The Reinhardt Palace
It is situated on 90th, Revoluției Boulevard, and it represents an imposing two-storey building that was built at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1898 it changes its facade, due to the fact that the owner, a furniture creator and designer, wanted a bulding that is accordingly to the style that was en vogue throughout Europe at that time, the Secession style.
7. The Rozsnyai Palace
The Palace of the pharmacist Rozsnyai Matyas was built in the second half of the 19th century and it accommodated the pharmacy, the research laboratories and the apartment of the savant. At the ground floor there was the pharmacy, the first floor hosted the laboratories, while at the second floor there was the apartment of the owner. In 1902 the building embraces the Secession style after the plans of the architect Josef Steiner. On the facade you can find some masonic elements, Matyas Rozsnyai being himself a prominent mason. Important to be mentioned is that the actual facade of the building is not the same as iti initially was, due to the fact that in 1950 some of the elements were taken away.
1. The Joseph Steiner Palace
The palace is situated at the crossroad of the Decebal and Piața Arenei and was built in the year 1910 after the plans of the owner in a Secession style. Until 1948 it hosted the masonic lodge called „B'nai Brit Or”.
2.The Masonic Temple
The construction of the temple began in 1904, after some immense financial efforts. It was built after the plans of Milan Tabacovici.
It was inaugurated on the 21st of October 1905, a date when many sisters and brothers from Hungary were also present. The building was ruled as state property in September 1940. Nowadays it is being used as the festive hall of the „Aurel Vlaicu” Industrial High School.
3. The House of the Tabacovici Family
Has been built in the second half of the 19th century, belonging to the Tabacovici family.
4. The „Dimitrie Țichindeal” National College
The successor of the Preparandia of Arad, the first pedagogical school from Crișana and Banat (which started its activity on the 16th of November 1812), the pedagogical school is located on nr.7, General Ioan Dragalina Boulevard, in a two storey eclectic building built in 1895. The importance of the school is also relevant because of the teachers that tought here, pedagogues and cultural figures such as Dimitrie Țichindeal, the first director (1812-1815), the philologue Constantin Diaconovici Loga (1812-1831), Alexandru Gavra (1821-1877), Atanasie Șandor (1848-1874), the prominent political figure of Vicențiu Babeș (1846-1848), Teodor Ceontea (1876-1903). Traian Mager, the monographist of the Hălmagiu region and many other.
5. The Fenyves Palace
The one-storey building was built embracing the Secession style, with elements that can be found in the ornamentation and the structure, both on the inside and the outside. The building stands out with the alternance of the differently sized balconies with bow-windows and corner logges, but also because of the francmasonic sign that completes the allegoric scene, in alto-relief. which can be found above the front entrance. The building has also got accurately designed iron mongery and painted glasses.
6. The Reinhardt Palace
It is situated on 90th, Revoluției Boulevard, and it represents an imposing two-storey building that was built at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1898 it changes its facade, due to the fact that the owner, a furniture creator and designer, wanted a bulding that is accordingly to the style that was en vogue throughout Europe at that time, the Secession style.
7. The Rozsnyai Palace
The Palace of the pharmacist Rozsnyai Matyas was built in the second half of the 19th century and it accommodated the pharmacy, the research laboratories and the apartment of the savant. At the ground floor there was the pharmacy, the first floor hosted the laboratories, while at the second floor there was the apartment of the owner. In 1902 the building embraces the Secession style after the plans of the architect Josef Steiner. On the facade you can find some masonic elements, Matyas Rozsnyai being himself a prominent mason. Important to be mentioned is that the actual facade of the building is not the same as iti initially was, due to the fact that in 1950 some of the elements were taken away.