Although it was originally a tobacco factory, it later became a customs house, the headquarters of the Provincial Council and the Government Subdelegation.It was built in 1826 on land reclaimed from the sea. It is a project by Manuel Martín Rodríguez in neoclassical style, but the influences of Renaissance palaces make it approach classicist baroque.It is a square-shaped building whose attention is drawn to its cushioned façade on the lower part.It was built in the style of Italian Renaissance palaces, with four bays around a central courtyard with porticoes on its first two floors, with the third floor set back to accommodate an open gallery with a parapet in the form of an openwork balustrade, which from section to section has cubic walls topped by Roman busts.The courtyard is accessed through two main doors, one located to the south and the other to the west.
Currently it is the headquarters of the Malaga Museum.