The propriety of the Rolão family, who dedicated themselves to silk manufacturing (SMITH, 1973, p. 55), this house is placed in the Central Avenue.
Space was integrated into the expansionist and renewing dynamics by the Renaissance prelate. Later, it was the dramatic façades of André Soares (that designed the referred buildings) that changed the Field of Sant’Ana (Campo de Sant’Ana), inserting it in a new late baroque and rococo trend that characterized the city, and in which the architect was an essential figure.
