The house was built in 1870 by Hanna Hneini, and in 1929 it was owned by Darwish Yousef Haddad and later by El Khoury family in 1936. After Lebanon's independence in 1943, the palace became a presidential palace for Bechara El Khoury and later Camille Chamoun rented it from El Khoury between years 1952 and 1958. The palace remained a property of El Khoury family till it was bought by Rafic Hariri in 1985.

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