The house was commissioned in 1738 to be the residence of its first owners, Domingo Carlos Tristán del Pozo and his wife Ana María Carazas,[1] this period of the house's ownership was described by another member of the Tristán family, Flora Tristan.

[2][3] The couple acquired the solar where the Andrés de Rosas and brothers House stood on June 24, 1736.

The house was acquired by BBVA Perú in 1974, and by 2014 hosted the bank's offices, an art gallery inaugurated in 2009, and a small museum.

[4][5] The house is located in San Francisco street, close to the Plaza de Armas of the city.

[1][5] The art gallery inside the building features works by artists, such as Carlos Baca-Flor, Jorge Vinatea Reinoso and Teodoro Núñez Ureta.