The structure currently known as “The Gallery” was built in 1892 by the grandfather of the current owner/managing director, Surachai Leosawasthiphong. The grandfather, an immigrant from China, married a Chiang Mai woman on whose property the structure was built. The site was initially the family store which sold cotton silk and household items. Customers could enter from the street or from the special pier on the river. Surachai’s family used the structure as the family home until 1978, when they moved to a new house.
