Records indicate that the history of Bopiliao dates to 1799. The architecture of the Qing-Dynasty period featured rows of shops that shared a common wall between them and were laid out on a long, narrow floor plan. Proprietors either kept shop in front and made their living quarters in the rear, or put the shop on first floor and made their home on second.
根據史料記載，此地最早可追溯至清嘉慶 4 年（1799 年），建築以清代的連棟店屋為主要特色：左右共用、壁體相挨，內部則是「前舖後居」（前面是店鋪，後面是住家）或「下舖上居」式的狹長型空間。