During the Japanese occupation, it was home to Kensei Elementary, a school for Japanese children, and after World War 2 it served as the Taipei City Hall for almost 50 years, until the city government relocated to the Xinyi District in 1994.
日治時代原是專供日本人子弟受教育的「建成小學校」，光復後台北市政府設址於此，在此辦公了近 50 年，1994 年才搬遷至信義計畫區。