The property is in the French Baroque or Rococo style, adapted to the climate of the capital and the conditions of the construction materials.

[3] It was used by Banco de la Vivienda,[3] which, through an agreement with the National Institute of Culture of Peru, began the restoration, making it able to return to showing the French style -in game rooms, dining rooms and chapel- that made it famous.

It was the headquarters of the "Guardia de Lima" Cavalry Gendarmes Squad (which, due to the police reform carried out by President Augusto B. Leguía, became the "Guardia de Lima" Security Cavalry Squadron) and on February 5, In 1932 it became the National Headquarters of the Infantry Gendarmes Regiment, Republican Guard of Peru and later the headquarters of the Museum of Viceroyalty Art.

In 2019, the then director of the National COPESCO Plan (PCN), José Vidal Fernández, indicated that the structure was going to begin a restoration process as part of the recovery list proposed by the World Monuments Fund.

[4] In June 2021, the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Claudia Cornejo, announced that the obstacles that paralyzed the project were resolved and that, as part of the Commemoration Agenda for the Bicentennial of the Independence of Peru, the development will begin.