It is Strauven's most important building, and served as a private residence for the painter and decorator George Léonard de Saint-Cyr [fr].

It was built to serve as a private residence for the painter and decorator George Léonard de Saint-Cyr [fr].

An antique dealer from Etterbeek became the owner in 2003 to resell it in 2006 to the Antwerp agency Movast, specialising in historic buildings.

[5] The Saint-Cyr House is only 4 metres (13 ft) wide, but is given extraordinary height by his elaborate architectural inventions.

[1] The façade, marked by a flamboyant Art Nouveau style, is entirely covered by polychrome bricks and has a good deal of wrought iron, which is adorned with geometric motifs and ornate balustrades at each floor.