This splendid house, at the end of Generala Milojka Lešjanina Street, in the former peripheral Inćar district of Niš (Inćar from the Turkis word inkar, meaning denial or negation) was built in 1900 by the building contractor and merchant Naum Ćermilo, who by descent was Aromanian.

It was built as a family elevated ground-level house, spacious, with a large yard. It was designed in the spirit of Secession, rich in relief decoration, with geometric and plant ornaments.

A year before his death, in 1927, Naum Ćermilo in his will bequeathed the house to the Association of Serbian Engineers and Architects. His widow lived in it until her death on the eve of the WWII. The house was used by the Germans during the war, and after the war, the house was used as a residential space for several families, and due to the lack of maintenance, it was very dilapidated. Finally, those to whom the house had been bestowed moved in in 1979, 50 years after they were due to.

Through the efforts of the Society of Architects of Niš which inherited this edifice, with the help of sponsors, in the period between 2005 and 2008, this hall of architects and engineers was fully renovated, according to the designs of the architect Miodrag Medar, and the DAN Gallery was created in the attractive basement area.