The fashion for cultural casinos was spread throughout the Iberian Peninsula in the 19th century, influenced by the English clubs where the bourgeoisie gathered. For this reason, the buildings required multiple rooms with particular characteristics, and thus the Casino Ferrolano was created.
After Uchas first project was cancelled due to the reduction of the land and because of his triumph in a competition, an integral design was agreed upon, which included the building and its interior, such as the decoration of the ground floor lounge by work of the visual artist Felipe Bello Piñeiro.
The project was one of the most carefully designed by the architect, taking into account elements such as the lamps, the plasterwork on the cornices and soffits, which were commissioned in Portugal, the latticework on the balconies and the spectacular lift door, which no longer exists, and the stained glass windows, which were made in a workshop in Paris at the time.
The façade on Calle Real follows the traditional layout with giant Ionic pilasters and cornice, but there are details that reveal the modernist touch. On the façade of calle Dolores, the bays are more varied, getting close to the neo-eclectic monumentalism with borders and decorative elements such as oculus and garlands on baroque-rail lintels.
Since its construction, the building has undergone two major interior refurbishments, in 1941 and 1962, and an extension in 1947.
