Listed by the Council for the Defense of Historical, Archaeological, Artistic and Tourist Heritage (CONDEPHAAT), it is currently home to departments of the Municipal Secretary of Education of São Carlos.

[3] On December 27, 1890, the Count of Pinhal [pt] hired engineer Pietro David Cassinelli, who began construction of the building in 1893, and it was inaugurated in 1895.

The second factor was the arrival of the Imperial Family in the city of São Carlos at the end of that decade and their desire to have a residence to match their visitors.

[6] The building has an eclectic, neo-Renaissance style on its two floors, a request from the count himself, who wanted a residence similar to the Marquis of Três Rios mansion.

The rest of the land still preserved a large wooded area, which was surrounded by rammed earth walls; and access to the grounds for the carriages and other maintenance services was via what is now Major José Inácio Street.

Cassinelli contributed to the construction of several notable buildings, including:[3][9] Between 2002 and 2003, the São Carlos Pro-Memory Foundation [pt] (FPMSC), an agency of the city government, carried out an initial (unpublished) survey of the “properties of historical interest” (imóveis de interesse histórico - IDIH) in the city of São Carlos, covering around 160 blocks and analyzing more than 3,000 properties.