The hotel was built in 1898 by Workum native and Dutch businessman Aeint Herman de Boer.

[1][2] De Boer migrated to Dutch East Indies in late nineteenth century.

In early 1898, he built Hotel De Boer which just cointaned a restaurant, a bar, and seven rooms.

In colonial times, this hotel was once inhabited by guests of honor of the Dutch Empire government like King Leopold II of Belgium and Prince Friedrich Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe (nephew of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands), and also Dutch Frisian famous spy Mata Hari.

Sutan Sjahrir, the first Prime Minister of Indonesia had ever been a violinist in this hotel during his school years in Medan.