This mosque of Minangkabau and Persian architecture was built in 1908 with a roof made from fibers before being changed to zinc.

Previously, the mosque was also used as a strategy center during the Indonesian War of Independence against the Dutch colonial rule.

Resembling to other Minangkabau mosques, roof of the mosque consists of four layers that are slightly curved, and there is a square room with four rooftops gilded toward the four corners of the wind at the top level of the roof, while there is a large space with the domes in the minaret.

[3][8] Inside the prayer hall, four main pillars made of concrete stand.

Meanwhile, there is a building used as a religious school to the right of the mosque as well, which had changed its name to "Darul Huda" since 1982 (formerly Madrasah Islamiyah).