This building is placed in the historical part of the city of Zanjan and was used as a Laundry House. It literary means “Clothes Washing House”. Zanjan has very cold weather; in the harsh winters of the city, washing clothes was a challenge for women. In 1925, Ali Akbar Khan Toufighy, the first Mayer of the city buys land and built a construct inside to be used by the women of the city for washing clothes in winter. The architectural style is the popular style of late Qajar and Early Pahlavi, a combination of a traditional style of Qajar and the modern style of Pahlavi.
The water needed for this place came from the Qalche Kariz (Qanat). The place has two main sections:1) the Washing Area and 2) The Management and Residential Section. Khazineh (Water Source) of this place is 17 m long, 11.55 m wide and 8 m tall.
The hall has 11 columns and two water channels creating three passageways where women could sit and wash their clothes. The hall is 62 m tall and 13.7 m wide and the whole place covers an area of about 850 m2.
The place is now filled with Wax Statues, showing women as they once used this area.
