The house was built for the bride of Borujerdi, a wealthy merchant, who came from the affluent Tabatabai family. Ustad Ali Maryam, who had built the nearby Tabatabai House for her family, was the architect. The article gives 1857 as the construction date and no start date. The infobox calls the style Qajaresque Neo-Baroque. It combines the biruni, the public area, with the andaruni, the private quarters, in the traditional Iranian way.
A courtyard has a fountain pool and a two-story iwan. The main hall is topped by a central dome, called a khishkhan. Three windcatchers rise about 130 feet (40 m) each. Decoration includes stucco, glasswork, mirror work, carved wall panels and frescoes by the painter Kamal-ol-Molk.
It is now a house museum. The article gives no visiting details or heritage status.
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