Background
Weiss, a jeweler and watchmaker, was born within the Russian Empire.
Weiss, a jeweler and watchmaker, was born within the Russian Empire.
He immigrated from Russian Poland to Palestine in 1906. As President of the then newly established Building Society, Weiss presided over the 1909 real estate lottery in which 66 Jewish families drew numbers written on seashells to determine the allocation of lots in the about-to-be established city of Tel Aviv. The cornerstone of Weiss"s Tel Aviv house at #2 Herzl Street was laid in 1909.
Originally a single-story structure, the upper floor was added in the 1920s.
The house was restored between 1996 and 2011.