Commissioned in 1900 by Francisco Cerni González, Mayor of Ceuta between 1897 and 1903, in partnership with his brother Ricardo, the building was designed by Valencian architect José M. Cortina Pérez and completed in 1905.

[3] Perez was an eclectic architect who designed the bottom of the building from artificial stone,[4] and as a pièce de résistance adorned the roof with bronze dragons.

[5] The house is on the corner of Paseo de Camoens and Millán Astray Street in Kings Square.

[5] Made largely of resin and fiberglass which is painted to appear bronze, the new dragons consequently weigh less than 200 kg each.

He is also responsible for the bronze Tribute to the Artillery which is outside the walls on Avenida Martinez Catena in Ceuta.