It is a 174-year-old traditional teakwood house from Chiang Mai that was transported to Bangkok and opened by King Bhumibol in 1966.

Following the style found in Northern houses, its walls slightly lean outward to the lower edge of the roof which is in a V-shape.

Originally situated on the east bank of the Ping River, it was built by the great-granddaughter of a Mueang Chae prince, Mae Saed.

After being passed down through several generations of a Lanna matrilineal clan, it was gifted in 1963 to the Siam Society by Kimhaw Nimmanhaeminda.

Kimhaw was a direct descendant of Mae Saed, and the house was named after her mother, Kamthieng Anusarnsunthorn.