It is situated in the center of the city, near the Nišava park and quay. It was built in 1890 as the kafana “Veliki bulevar” (or the Great Boulevard pub), and it was a focal point of the social and cultural life of Niš at the end of 19^th century. For a time, it contained the stage of the “Sinđelić” theatre (later known as the “National theater”) and of other travelling ensembles. In 1903 it was bought by the army, and until 1941 the building housed the officers’ hall, then the officer mess hall. Since 1970 it has been a youth hall. Today it belongs to the National Museum.

The designer of the building is the architect Ivan Kozlić, the county engineer of Niš at the time. The simple citing of the elements of the historical styles and façade finish using fluted pilasters and semicircular tympanums above the windows indicate the eclectic approach taken in architecture on this ground level building.

The building of the Officers’ Hall is a monument of extreme historical value as the center of political and national assembly life of Serbia at the outset of WWI, since it was the location where the National Assembly of Serbia voted for the declaration of Niš on December 7, 1914, and the Congress of the Yugoslav Committee adopted the Niš resolution on  May 6, 1915 which laid the foundations for the Yugoslav community.

In 2013, the building was converted, according to the designs of the architect Božidar Koković, into the city’s multi-functional multi-media space.