The Green House, Historic house in Tel Aviv, Israel

The Green House is a three-storey building on George Wise Street, in the Sheikh Munis area of Tel Aviv, named for the greenish tint of its walls. It was built in the 1880s by Ibrahim Abu Kahil of the Bidas family, with an arcade and arches. Only its eastern wing remains after the 1991 renovation by Italian architect Camillo Manfredi.

The Green House was built in the 1880s in the village of Sheikh Munis by Ibrahim Abu Kahil, a member of the Bidas family. During the British Mandate the ground floor was converted to commercial use while the upper two floors remained residential. In March 1948 the village was captured by Haganah forces and the house briefly housed the Lehi headquarters; in April 1948 a signals training center under Ariel Amiad was set up there. After 1948 it gave temporary housing to new immigrants and soldiers, and in 1964 it passed to Tel Aviv University. It was renovated in 1991 to plans by Italian architect Camillo Manfredi, leaving only the eastern wing standing.

The name comes from the greenish tint of the walls, not from any ecological purpose. Since the 1991 renovation the building has housed a club for university staff, a restaurant, an events hall and a conference hall, so it is used for gatherings rather than as a museum of the village.

The Green House stands on George Wise Street inside the Tel Aviv University campus, and only its eastern wing survives after the 1991 renovation by architect Camillo Manfredi. The building now holds a faculty club, a restaurant, an events hall and a conference hall, so access follows the university's activity. Look for the arcade and arches of the three-storey facade.

Only the eastern wing of the three-storey house survives; most of the building was demolished in the 1991 renovation planned by Italian architect Camilo Manfredi. It is one of the few houses of Sheikh Munis still standing, and its name comes from the greenish tint of its walls.