It was built between 1904-1906. In 1976, it was damaged in a fire, but afterwards it was restored and started to serve as the City History Museum as of 2006. The City History Museum is a cultural unit established to keep all kinds of information, documents, objects, visual materials, audio and video recordings related to Safranbolu in order to promote and show the cultural, historical and social richness of the city, and to organise temporary and permanent exhibitions based on these data.