[1] At the center of the main facade is a round-arched portal with a prominent frame and keystone, protected by double wooden doors with padded panels and a transom window with metal elements painted brown.

The Casa Correia de Matos was constructed on Afonso Henriques Avenue, a road established in the 1890s to connect the city to the train station, which had opened in 1884.

This lack of surrounding structures allowed architect Marques da Silva to use the house as an experimental project, blending various architectural styles such as Beaux-Arts, Italianate, and Neoclassical.

[1] At that time, locals referred to it as Rua Nova (New Street) to distinguish it from the nearby D. João IV Avenue, a name adopted due to its construction just a few years earlier.

The house was built by architect Marques da Silva for the Correia de Matos family, and it was his first project in Guimarães, as he later designing other local landmarks such as the Martins Sarmento Society Building, the city market and the Penha Sanctuary.