The Wilhelmspalais was built from 1834 to 1840 by Giovanni Salucci, the court architect of King Wilhelm I of Württemberg in the Classical style.

[citation needed] King Wilhelm also hired Ludwig von Zanth to design the interior of the palace.

[citation needed] The property passed into the ownership if the city of Stuttgart upon the abdication of Wilhelm II.

Between 1961 and 1965, Wilhelm Tiedje rebuilt Wilhelmspalais in Modernist style and then housed the Stuttgart City Library until 2011 when it moved to the new building at Milan court.

The addition to a café and bar have been well received by the general populace, and Wilhelmspalais was a popular place to find local artists.