It was built around 1901 as an elaborate residence for a wealthy businessman, then in 1972 sold to the city of Las Palmas for use as a music conservatory.

The Palacete Rodríguez Quegles is at the corner of Pérez Galdós and Perdomo streets on a lot that held the orchard of the old Monastery of the Concepción Bernarda.

[3] The social and economic changes in the years that followed made it difficult for the heirs of Rodríguez Quegles to maintain the building, and it seemed inevitable that it would deteriorate and be ruined.

The City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria bought the building in 1972 to house the Higher Conservatory of Music[sp], and adapted it to this new use.

[6] The palace was occupied in turn by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the General Directorate of Universities and Research and the Canary Islands Academy of Language.