Po planovima rano preminulog, talentovanog zemunskog arhitekte Кoste Atanackovića-Stanišića sagrađeni su 1909. godine Dom i škola srpske pravoslavne opštine, na čelu bloka između Bežanijske, Svetosavske i Rajačićeve ulice. Zgrada je podignuta na mestu gde su bile Stara konfesionalna škola iz XVIII veka i nekadašnja gostionica „Кod Кneza Miloša“. Zdanje Srpskog doma i škole ima podrum, prizemlje i sprat. Oblikovano je u duhu neoromantizma, sa razuđenom fasadom, reprezentativno i monumentalno.
Naročito je stilski bogato obrađen završni venac zdanja. Građevina je složenijeg sadržaja, prvenstveno je projektovana kao Dom crkvene opštine i osnovna škola, ali ima i trgovinske lokale i stanove. Različiti sadržaji uslovili su različite dispozicije pojedinih delova zgrade, mada je većinom zastupljen jednotraktni sistem.
U prostornoj kompoziciji zasečenim uglom i akcentovanim završnim vencem istaknuta je svečana sala na uglu Bežanijske i Svetosavske ulice. Dom predstavlja jednu od najvećih građevina svog vremena u Starom jezgru Zemuna, jedno je od retkih dela arhitekte Atanackovića i svedočanstvo razvijene tradicije zemunskog osnovnog školstva.
Cultural monument
Centre of the Serbian Orthodox Community,
22, Svetosavska Street
After the plans of Kosta Atanacković-Stanišić, a talented but early departed Zemun architect, the Centre (with the school) of the Serbian Orthodox community was built in 1909, at the corner of the block between Bežanijska, Svetosavska and Rajačićeva Streets. The house was built at the place where there used to be Old confessional school from the eighteenth century and the tavern “Kod Kneza Miloša”.
The building of the Serbian Centre and School has a cellar, ground floor and first floor. It was designed in the style of neo-romanticism, as a monumental and representative building with a complex façade, and particularly rich finishing cornice.
The building also has a complex function: primarily designed as the church community centre and elementary school, it also has shops and apartments. Different functions influenced different dispositions of certain parts of the building, although one-wing solution is predominant.
In its spatial composition the ceremonial hall at the corner of Bežanijska and Svetosavska Streets is accentuated with a cut corner and the closing cornice. It is one of the largest buildings of that time in old downtown Zemun, a rare work by architect Atanacković and a testimony of a developed elementary schooling in Zemun.
