The residence was built in 1875, by the Governor of the balneary resorts, Carol Tatartzi. Built in Rococo Il style, it has basement, ground floor and partial first floor, laid out asymmetrically: a main wing (the main front side on the street, a triangular tympanon loggia) and a secondary one (ground floor and first floor and a special room, today a drugstore). The wings are connected with an iron sheet roof, a former circular terrace. The dominant height is supported by a clock tower, above the stairs, limiting the main access in the courtyard. Designed as a residence, after 1948 it sheltered the Town Library Nicolae Stoica from Hateg on the ground floor, and on the first floor the town's Cultural House.
In this residence, the famous Queen Elisabeth (Sissy) spent several days in 1887, during one of her journeys to South Hungary, at Herkulesbad (the Austrian name for Băile Herculane). Accompanied by Sarpita Majlah, she walked for long hours through the galleries and in the resort's environs. They used to go to clearing, in the moonlight, where a young shepherd gave them fresh milk. In the specific atmosphere of the resort, in the middle of a wild nature, Sissy enjoys communication with nature, translates Hungarian poetry and reads again Heine. In April, 7th, she writes to her mother and in April, 28th gets the visit of Queen Carmen Sylva (Elisabeth, Carol of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen's wife, another queen dedicated to arts). The two queens spent relaxing moments discussing about philosophical or religious problems, debating the same Heine. All this is written in her daughter's diary, but also in the queen's letters. Sissy leaves for Sinaia, in May 13th 1887, and then returns to Vienna.
The romantic story about the presence of Sissy in Băile Herculane is further confirmed by a birth certificate of a shepherd's daughter, Veta, baptized this way because she had as godmother the queen Sissy herself. Equally important in this story is the existence of the ruby ring the queen has given as present to the shepherd, which was preserved as a precious gift by the family for several generations.
