The five hectares large garden that surrounds the building possibly existed and had structures in it as far back as the reign of Mohammad Shah Qajar or Naser al-Din Shah Qajar.

[3] It was purchased by Hossein Khodadad, an Iranian industrialist, in 1963–64, and underwent major restructuring and repair.

Khodadad lived in the house merely for a year, as the building was later confiscated by the government after the Iranian revolution, and is being used as a time museum since 1999–2000, containing around a thousand old clocks.

Other types of measuring devices in its collection include water clocks, hourglasses, sundials, and a variety of clocks that measured time by the progressive burning of an object such as a candle or rope.

[1] The museum also holds individual clocks and watches that were owned by notable historical figures.