The mosque was built around the turn of the 20th century, in the centre of the city, at 31is Avgoustou Road.

[1] Its exact date of construction, as well as its founder, are unknown, but the neoclassical decoration both on the exterior as well as in the interior point to sometime in the 19th century.

[2] The mosque continued to be used by the local Muslims until 1924, when they left in consequence of the Greco-Turkish population exchange.

[2] From 1939 to 1941 building was used to house the Municipal Library and a small archaeological collection, which was partly looted by the occupying forces during the Axis occupation of Greece.

[1] The building is square-shaped, featuring a prayer hall with nine arched windows and a four-sided, tile-covered roof.