The current retirement home is administered by the Municipal Secretariat for Social Promotion and Fight against Poverty (SEMPS) of Salvador.

The Dom Pedro II Home is likely the largest private residence built in Bahia, and is approximately 120 metres (390 ft) in length.

[1][2] Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, a Brazilian Vententian Sister, was murdered while working at the retirement home in 1993 and was subsequently beatified in 2007.

[3] The Dom Pedro II Home was built on a privileged location in Salvador on the south of the Itapagipe Peninsula facing the Bay of All Saints.

[2][4] Lindalva Justo de Oliveira (1953-1993) is noted both for her work with the elderly poor at the Dom Pedro II Home.

Oliveira celebrated Good Friday mass at the nearby Church of Boa Viagem on April 9, 1993, and was murdered at the Dom Pedro II Home by a mentally ill resident.

Despite it numerous Neoclassical exterior details, it has the standard structure of stone masonry and follows the plan of a "great European Baroque palace.

The ground floor has a grand hall with a gallery of oil paintings and a table in jacaranda rosewood, all in the Dom João V style.

The listing includes the wooden garden, statues, and ceramics produced by the Santo Antônio do Porto factory in Lisbon.