He was an aristocrat and the recipient of a concession in the teak trade during the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV).

[2] Si Kak Phraya Si was the site of the first café in Thailand named "Red Cross Tea Room" by Madam Cole (Edna S. Cole), an American woman who was founder of Kullasatri Wanglang School (present-day Wattana Wittaya Academy).

The location was also home to many luxury restaurants for foreigners and the elite of Thai society, in the period before the revolution in 1932, alike another areas in Bangkok, such as Ratchawong in Chinatown, Silom, Surawong or Si Phraya in Bangrak.

The bookshop opened there around 1932, after Phraya Niphonphotchanat (Santi Wichittranon), the head of the Royal Secretariat Department, left government service following the abolition of absolute monarchy.

The building was bombed during World War II, killing its owner, but his daughter later re-opened the shop in a nearby location; it is now known as Nibondh & Co., Ltd.[6][7][8]