Commerce House was the first one (1899) of the Central Square apartment buildings to be built after the invention of the high-pressure water pipes.
It was now possible to get water up to the sixth floor.
Commerce represents the Art Nouveau style architecture that was popular in the apartment buildings at the time.
The first "moving pictures" were shown in the depths of the Commerce. During the prohibition, a speakeasy was run in the basement of the building.
The corner of the building houses the first McDonalds's restaurant founded in Finland.