Nearby, and also part of the museum, is the modest house he inhabited during his early days as president of North Korea.

[2] The original building was built in 1923 by the Japanese occupation government, and opened as South Pyongan Province Merchandise Exhibition Hall.

After his return to Korea after World War II, Kim Il Sung is alleged to have founded the Korean Workers' Party in this building on October 10, 1945, and here were held many of that group's first meetings.

A monument to the founding of the Korean Workers' Party was installed on October 10, 1975.

The building's architecture is of the typical Japanese colonial style; it is blocky and formal, and built out of dark gray stone.