Phra Tamnak Daeng (Red House)  
          In his ascension to the throne as the first ruler of the House of Chakri in 1782 A.D., H.M. King Buddha Yotfa Chulalok the Great, also known as Rama I, established Rattanakosin as a new center of the kingdom; followed it was by the king’s command the construction of the Grand Palace or Phra Borom Maha Ratcha Wang and the Great Royal Court or Pra Maha Montien on the east bank of Chao Phraya River.

          In addition, Rama I allowed his two elder sisters to reside in the Grand Palace with the construction of the double residences called Tamnak Khiaw (Green House) and Phra Tamnak Daeng (Red House); the former belonged to H.R.H. Princess Thepsudawadee, the first sister, and the latter to the second H.R.H. Princess Srisudarak.
           In the reign of H.M. King Nangklao, Rama III, H.M. Queen Sri Suriyendra asked for the king’s permission to relocate to her old palace in Thonburi with her son King Pinklao; the king agreed and consequently she spent the rest of her life there. After her demise, H.M. King Pinklao had his mother’s palace rebuilt as a house for an ecclesiastical chief of Molilokayaram Temple which was located nearby.
           Upon his ascending to the throne, Rama IV granted royal entitlement to enthrone his brother Pinklao as the second king with equal honor. H.M. King Pinklao was to reside in PhraRatchawangBowon SathanMongkhon, thus by his command Phra Tamnak Daeng, the place supposed to be his old residence, was moved from the former palace to the west of the new one. Rama IV had the residence of his mother H.M. Queen Sri Suriyendra that had been previously given to Molilokayaram Temple rebuilt as a house for an abbot of Khemaphirataram Temple in Nonthaburi as the restoration of its monasteries had been supported by the late queen since the reign of Rama II.
            In the reign of Rama VII, all royal buildings in Phra Ratchawang Bowon Sathan Mongkhon were redesigned to be the Bangkok National Museum. Phra Tamnak Daeng back then had been deteriorated by time, therefore H.M. Queen Sri Savarindira, understanding its value as the wooden royal building built with grandeur in the early Rattanakosin period, privately funded for its restoration. It was restored again by the Department of Fine Arts and then moved into a new location behind Sivamok Piman Throne Hall; Phra Tamnak Daeng stands there ever since.