The Wolphard-Kakas house was one of the most important residential houses in Cluj during the Renaissance. The house was preceded by a three-room Gothic building built on a single level. Between 1534-1541, the house was rebuilt in the Renaissance style by the episcopal vicar and last Roman Catholic parish priest of Cluj from before the Reformation, the erudite Adrian Wolphard. During this period, the main façade was decorated with Renaissance frames, the gate corridor was vaulted and the upstairs rooms were built, which were accessible via the staircase in the second room facing the square. The construction was continued in 1579-1581 by mathematician and astronomer Stephan Wolphard, the judge of Cluj, who extended the building along the length of the plot. Stephan Wolphard planned to build a hall decorated with the zodiac signs, but the works were blocked following his death during the plague epidemic of 1585-1586.
(Illustration) Main façade of the building, drawing by Lajos Pákei, late 19th century