In mid-1934, the architect Grigorijus Gumeniukas submitted a request to the city's construction department to build a three-story residential building according to his own design. The building was constructed to temporarily house the city's 3rd Gymnasium on a lease basis, which is reflected in the building's school-like layout, with small classrooms arranged around corridors.
Although several new schools were being built in Lithuania in the mid-1930s, the uncharacteristic decision to locate an educational institution in rented private premises demonstrates the lack of space in the rapidly expanding provisional capital. The fact that the building was inadequate for its temporary function is confirmed by the subsequent request for a fourth floor. However, the request was refused 'because the requested development would not be in keeping with the other houses on the opposite corner of the street. Nevertheless, the building retained its function after the nationalization, as the 3rd Kaunas Secondary School was located there.
Even though the front façade of the building might seem symmetrical, due to the different sizes on the east and west axis, it is dissymmetrical. The entrance of the building is at the central axis, and the door is kept as a single door rather than establishing a composition with the rest of the façade. However, the main entrance is color-coordinated with the plinth. The space between the windows was accentuated by plaster, which gives a vertical emphasis to the building, and these vertical lines establish a moderate monumentality. Furthermore, having a higher central axis also strengthens this monumentality. The side parts of the façade, with their balconies, harmoniously complement the compositional solution and give the building a strong reflection of the residential architecture of the time. The balconies have horizontal stripes on their balustrades, and the balconies at the east axis finish with a corner. The side façade has continuous windowsills, which gives more of a horizontal emphasis to its surface. At the back façade, there are five small balconies.
Today, the building is used as a residential apartment. At its last restoration, an attic floor is added to the building.
